What’s the point of community service? I would ask myself before; until I read the story “The Starfish” by Loren Eisley. When I read this story I realizes, it’s important to give back to the community. Giving back is a big part of what the world is today. Community service is a way people can gain a sense of accomplishment knowing that they made a difference in someone or something. No matter how small it may be; because no matter how hard you think your life is, there’s always someone who has a face harder challenges than, and one difference can go long way. And I’m not just talking about giving back to gain something or to return a favor. Giving back is where give and there’s nothing in return. Volunteers is for anybody in the world, who just …show more content…
Many people these days seem to think that everything will come their way without working for it. People say let’s make the world a better place for the future, but doesn’t want to work towards it. Although people may not think they’re lazy, but they need to realize that the world is going to get worst or better if we don’t change and do something about it for the next generation. My parent instilled in me the desire and important of giving back. And how you should never forget about your community and how bring a community together is very important thing; and just doing small thing can make a difference. That’s why god put us on this earth, in religion class we was talking about how god put us on this earth to imitate God and become almost perfect in his name. When Jesus was on earth he made a difference; he helped people throughout his life and also died for us. We just talk about how we need to change the world; we also need to take action. When Jesus was on earth he just didn’t say heal the people, he heal them. So can’t we stop doing a lot of talking and do some action; mean what you say and do what
Community service, as I have come to learn, is all about taking the initiative to help someone in need, no matter their situation. As the verse Matthew 25:35 says above, it is our job to share God’s love through serving those who are hurting right in front of us. These people are strangers, we may not know them, but that does not mean they should not be helped. Over the course of my life I have had the opportunity to participate in a multitude of service projects, but the one I am most passionate about is the Harvesters Community Food Network.
What I learned from Lucky Fish by Aimee Nezhukumatathil was that all poetry has a sense of direction and growth. The first, second, and third sections of this collection have the direction of the home, the self, and parenthood, respectively. On the individual level, each poem is dynamic (so there is a change from beginning to end).
Erik Fisher, Paul Fisher's brother, made a number of displeasurable choices throughout his young life. Those decisions affected Paul in great, yet horrible ways. Here are three of the many.
Students are often close minded when it comes to learning, but when they are forced to volunteer they learn new things that are beneficial to their future. When helping others, students learn how to think outside the box and to be innovative. Volunteering can give students the chance to explore and be creative when helping those in need. Being innovative and creative can give students the chance to excel in their academics and school events.They take problem solving to a whole new level that they would have never thought of . Community service is a useful tool to give students a chance on a second outlook on
Most of the fantasy stories or movies have events in which people transform into creatures or objects which is known as a metamorphosis, but in magical realism people treat this as normal. For example, in the movie Big Fish, by Daniel Wallace, the narrator Edward Bloom tells his son’s wife a story about him working at a circus to try and find out more about the love of his life. Edward say in the movie, “On the way to talk to Mr. Calloway I noticed Mr. Calloway's trailer was shaking and a wolf jumps out and attacks me, as I was on the floor I grabbed a stick and started to play with the wolf.” William continued with, “In the morning Mr. Calloway comes out of the woods with the stick I threw in his mouth.” The clowns treated the werewolf as if it were normal and did not pay much attention to Mr. Calloway’s trailer because it happened every full moon. As
The exercises that struck out with me in class today started when we got into a starfish position. From this position, we put our body upwards to stretch out the pelvic muscles. This is what I really needed. This movement was really relaxing and helped to relax that tension I was having in that lower area. The stretching helped me wake up!
For example, contributing your time and dedication to non-profit organizations can connect you to a larger community that can promote solutions, such as breast cancer, AIDS, PETA, Greenpeace, poverty, education, bullying, domestic violence and other infinite issues that we are facing today. In addition, raising awareness is imperative in today’s society, in which we are subjected to challenges and that the only way to overcome these obstacles is by bringing consciousness to our community. For instance, the change starts within ourselves, in which being generous to others can create a reaction of positivity that can lead people to be grateful and generous to others as well.
I am a product manager intern at MIT Starfish, a Massachusetts Institute of Technology start-up company, a nonprofit that helps to place disabled professionals into the workforce. When I suffered from burns on my feet at the age of ten and then had to relearn how to walk again, I learned to empathize deeply with people who have disabilities. I learned to see beyond their physical forms to appreciate the persons they are with unique talents and abilities. I realized that for everyone who has a disability, there is a part of them, whether a sense or a sensibility that becomes heightened, more powerful. Project starfish is leveraging the technology to create a platform for disabled people to find employment.
With community service, you can meet new people, try new things, and step out of your comfort zone. By doing this community service, I have created a new experience that will follow me for my entire life. I have done something I usually wouldn't do and stepped out of my comfort zone. By creating a new experience,people will find some comfort in the activity they are doing, and it won't seem so awkward and uncomfortable if they do it again. Community service has taught me a lot about myself, the others around me, and the community as a
Sea stars can reproduce sexually and asexually. In sexual reproduction, fertilization occurs in the water with males and females releasing sperm and eggs into the environment. The fertilized embryos, which are free-swimming animals, become part of the zooplankton in most species. If they break in half they can produce another Sea Star, which relates to regeneration.
In the Discovery Education video about sea invertebrates, there were many similarities and differences that make each of the invertebrates unique. Each of the invertebrates had different forms of achieving nutrients and sourcing their food. In addition to finding different sources of food, they also have different growth and reproductive rates and styles and how they respond to their environment also depends on their environment and their physical abilities they have as a species. One of the most essential keys to maintaining life is sourcing ways to obtain nutrients. Like many other marine invertebrates, both the Krill and Diablo Rojo Squid come to eat at night.
Elizabeth Bishop’s “The Fish” is a seemingly simple poem about a fisher who captures a fish and is amazed by its entire image, but looking deeper and more intensely at the fish, the fisher becomes aware of the dynamic of youth and aging. Imagery is used heavily and vividly throughout the poem as Bishop describes how the fish looked in a way that the reader could thoroughly understand and visualize, and by presenting the conflict of the hardships that a person may undergo through the progression of his or her life, but from the standing point of a fish and not a human being (personification). The use of imagery in “The Fish” is a significant element in this poem because it gives proper representation to the importance of aging and the struggles that the older generations have faced that the younger generation does not also sympathize with or take into consideration.
I love the story of the starfish on the beach. I have read it many times in several different forms over the years but I am always struck by its simple truth. One form of it goes like this: A man was walking down the beach one day when he saw a young boy coming towards him. Every few feet or so the boy would stop, bend down, and pick up a starfish. Then with a huge effort he would toss it back into the
If you like fish chances are you like catfish. The following recipe is a great way to prepare your catfish fillets for a great change from the routine of fried catfish. The blackening technique, used in this recipe, is credited to chef Paul Prudhomme of New Orleans and has since been adapted for use with several kinds of meats and poultry but fish seems to be the most popular for this process.
When Elizabeth Bishop writes of her experience catching a fish, she describes its intricate details, essentially producing an ugly appearance of the fish. However, as her description continues, she ponders the beauty of the fish on the inside. This correlates with how people tend to make a quick judgment based on someone’s appearance without taking the time to think about what their personality or characteristics include. Or even to think about what that person has been through that has caused them to look that way. Evidently, as the poem continues, Bishop reveals that the fish has been through at least five battles, according to the physical scars left in its jaw. The fish, a symbol for anyone who has dealt with difficulties during their life, will persevere even while the outside world continues its routine.