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In "The Service Of What? The Politics of Service Learning", By Joseph Kahne and Joel Westheimer is an interesting article where the authors bring up a rather under discussed topic of "service". In the article,  they directly quote 35th president John F Kennedy with one of the most famous quotes in American history, "...ask not what your country can do for you; ask what you can do for your country," (John F Kennedy). The authors main argument is that by bringing service and respectful understanding of teaching to Educators, Policy makers and academics and those who take education of our countries young minds as a serious issue, that we can change the fundamental way that our country can operate as a whole. Be good to one another, go out of your way, and always be the change that you want instead of just asking for it. These changes do not happen instantly and require generations to come together with the core knowledge and understanding of Service teaching, to put our country on a path towards success. Only together can we work to bring light to the issues that plague our country. I strongly believe, as an individual who wants to teach elementary students, that the learning about service and respect will make drastic changes in this world. As a student I have personally volunteered my time with kindergarten students and saw how young minds can be molded. No child is born with bad intentions or the inability to help service those around them. These strong core values can be taught to students if educators themselves can appropriately expand upon these values in a educational way.

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  1. Ariel MilletteOctober 29, 2018 at 4:48 PM

    I think the choice of image that you picked is great. It really helps to explain and summarize the article as a whole.

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  2. RyanDecember 10, 2018 at 9:07 PM

    I also like the image you chose. I feel it helps portray the main message of this article and expresses the importance of service learning.

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