further explorations

there are two other main reasons that i chose to take this course. first, i see it as an opportunity to work in the community. while much of my earlier college years were dedicated to communal service work, i have somewhat isolated myself from this area in the past year, primarily due to academic devotion. yet i find myself most balanced, in fact excelling the most academically, when i am involved in communal service work. at the same time, it will be an opportunity to just give. yes, i will benefit from this work as well, academically, perhaps even occupationally, and definitely as a human being, but i also just want to give of myself without receiving financial compensation. i hav observed this lately, and so many people justify decisions/make decisions based on money, and i know that i dont want money to be a/the driving motivation in my life. involvement in communal service work is an opportunity to demonstrate this. secondly, as alluded to previously, such work will be of benefit occupationally, at least that is one of the intentions of taking this course. a major part of this is utilizing what i have learned as a tool to talk about the work i intend to do. i am hoping that this service work will help me develop a vocabulary of service work, the vernacular, if you will. along with that is the benefit of working these learned skills into my resume and other documents that i use to find employment in the communal service field. overall, i am hoping that this course will provide me with the opportunity to both prepare myself for future work in this field as well as the opportunity to "do" good work in the "real world" (as opposed to only studying and taking classes).