October 20th, 2009 by 
lehrj | Posted in Uncategorized | No Comments »
1) My full name is Jacob Henry Lehr, I live in Palo Alto california but was born in Philidelphia PA. My role in this Service Learning course is to fufill the volunteering requisite of 30 hours, and incorporate my volunteering experiences into academia and beyond.
2) I learned alot about what volunteering is, beyond the textbook definitions I left all preconceptions at the door and allow for a full experience. Factors, would probably be the working with other people, the teamwork involved and most importantly the reflection of the events. This allowed for a deeper understanding, introspection is paramount.
3) Self advocacy was an issue in the beggining. I would get lost and pushed around, I would accept not being given the posisition I signed up for, and I never really at first took the initiative to pursue certain events. But as the semester progressed, it became easier and easier to advocate and speak to these organizations.
4) yes I fully immersed myself in the experience. I have a more detailed understanding of volunteering and the British culture.
5) Doing my reflections right after my events had been completed. I feel as though I lost something out of not immediatily reflecting on my events and there impact.
6)hmmm.. well nothing really I think that giving us the independence and not feeding us the volunteering opportunities was good idea. It forces us to be self advocates and pursue our interests.
7) Again I do truely feel they did an excellent job, they did not watch over us and nurse us along they are preparing us for the real world.
I would emphasize… self advocacy.. seek out opportunities they wont come to you. You have to pursue them.