the benefits of study abroad justify the difficulties? Studying abroad has become very popular amongst students in today’s globalized world. No wonder why‚ after all‚ it offers many attractive benefits. However‚ there are two sides to every coin and studying abroad is not an exception. More often than not‚ students encounter difficulties during their stay abroad. This brings out a question whether the advantages of study abroad justify the difficulties. In the first place‚ studying abroad is an
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One of my passions is volunteering to assist others‚ which I have done in a variety of ways. During a prior semester‚ I had spent a few hours a week volunteering for an on campus food pantry‚ recently started to help stunt the increasing poverty levels of college students. The keystone of my volunteering activities was when I had traversed across continents‚ to a small eastern country in Africa known as Malawi. I had stayed there nearly a month‚ in that time‚ I had mentored the youth; delivered
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draft Date: 02.01.2013 Students and Mandatory Volunteering Does mandatory volunteering differ from “slavery”? According to this project‚ a student has to spend his or her particular time to service for community for free in order to graduate from the university. It is fact that in some countries (United States of America‚ Canada) mandatory volunteering is still used‚ and in their experience‚ it works effectively. They say that mandatory volunteering not only develops some skills‚ but also teaches
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A volunteering experience that really impacted my life was when I volunteered at the downtown station on Thanksgiving to serve food for the needy ones. Being able to help those around me had opened my eyes to the world. I am no longer self-centered about my life but rather focus on my fellow mankind and God’s will. This valuable experience has set a pattern in my life to keep on helping others and serve my community. I feel that I had become a better person by volunteering‚ and that only through
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The Power of Volunteering In the “Power of Volunteering” I enjoyed reading this article and reading how people volunteer on their free time. I have never volunteered on my personal time but I would love to do something for my community. Whether it would be working at a hospital or working in an elderly home. I personally love helping people with whatever they can not do because seeing someone struggling or just not able to physically do anything breaks my heart. Strong points in the essay would
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Volunteering in Hospice I am a student at Harbor Springs High School and a member of National Honor Society (NHS) in my school. As a member of NHS I am required to practice in volunteering activities. I am currently volunteering with Hospice of Little Traverse Bay at Petoskey. Volunteering at Hospice has been opening experiences for me. It has taught me a lot of precious things about life. When I submitted my application to Hospice‚ I was unsure what I would do there. I worried it might be really
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In spite of the fact that volunteering is a personal choice‚ nowadays‚ it is a requirement to graduate from school .Student should do 30-40 hours of community services to graduate .Many people are with it strongly. However‚ in my opinion mandatory volunteering is not a good idea. Making community service compulsory negates the intended purpose. First‚ that would be an oxymoron‚ how would it be volunteering if you were mandated to do it. It is not volunteering if the students are required to do it
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Volunteering with Animals I have always been a great lover of animals‚ big and small; wild and domestic. When I was a child I dreamed of becoming a Veterinarian. Although that dream seems to get harder everyday‚ I still hope to achieve it someday. Growing up I had always done little volunteering stints here and there in whatever state I lived in at the time. I did not start getting so heavily involved in volunteering with animals until I moved to Washington though. One of my current volunteer
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After reading "The Value of Volunteering‚" it made me realize how important it is to give back to the community. By doing something as simple as helping someone read gives you a very rewarding feeling and makes you an overall better person. Robin Ferguson‚ the author of "The Value of Volunteering‚" knows exactly what it feels like to lend her time to a great cause. When Robin first started working as a literacy volunteer she was doing it solely for the community service credit‚ but when Robin
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My firsthand health related volunteer experience happened when I joined the Home and Community Club at my university. Our club mission was to seek out volunteering opportunities to help our community and the rural area communities in need with educational‚ cultural‚ and environmental support. During the summer break in 1999‚ our club had engaged in a significant and meaningful project to volunteer in delivering some basic health care services and training to Hmong villages in Chiang Mai. In Thailand
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