Our
English 311 class participated in the service learning project with Big
Brothers Big Sisters organization during this fall 2012 semester. The service
learning project consisted of class splitting up into seven different groups,
assigned to conduct and organize a proposal to present to the Big Brother Big
Sister organization. The goals of the assignment was to construct a plan to
increase awareness of the organization and also show how a little dedication,
creativity and ambition can produce a huge impact on the audiences presence. My
favorite group out of the entire class was the Book Crew. The Book Crew was one
of my particular groups in which our duty was to gain all information needed
out of several unused books occupying space in the Big Brother Big Sister organization, and to
come up with ideas on how to utilize them effectively with the big and little
sisters and brothers.
Ideas
that I now wish my group would have incorporated into our project was the
function of the office and space being occupied by the books, proposing it can
be used as an commercial office, or possibly a service office where the Big Brother Big Sister organization can make money. If the Big Brother Big Sister organization came into
collaboration with another company or came in partnership with another company
or organization that had similar or concrete goals purposes or values, could
produce great business together. Maybe a daycare and or after school program
like Bridges, could partnership to keep children busy all throughout the week
and weekend, to keep their minds functioning and positive. Mostly and ultimately
the future would hold a beautiful and innovative generation.
In
experience to creating and preparing my group presentation, I gained a lot new
strategies to developing an understanding of the people I work with and for. By
completing my sociology course this semester as well, I was able to implement
different knowledge from different perspectives throughout my life. I know that
working with groups and diverse groups is essential to experience before
working in a real career in everyday situations when you have to step out of
your comfort zone and pay more attention than usual in an individual office or
classroom setting.
