Social Activism- Monday- Period 1- Class #3

[smartestone]

Hermione had not expected to have to wear layers of clothes to school in the middle of July, and yet here she was, not looking too happy about it. Or maybe she just hadn't wanted to leave London, either one. "Good morning," she greeted them. "Hopefully the cold wasn't too much of a shock to you this morning, but I'm going to try to get right into class anyway. One of the easiest ways to get involved in something is to volunteer. It's not the flashiest way to get something done, but it is a good way to make some kind of a difference. There are many ways to go about it, too. I've gone ahead and printed a list of volunteer jobs in Maryland just so you can see just how many jobs are out there and what a wide range there is."

As she passed the list out to the students, she continued, "Not every volunteer position is something you might like, so you want to make sure that what you're doing is something you care about, or know you're good at. If hunger and homelessness is something that bothers you, you can help at a soup kitchen or food bank. If you're good at carpentry and building things, you can help build homes for the underprivileged. It's up to you what you'd like to do, and you don't have to do it if you don't want. That's why it's called volunteering. It's also why you don't get paid.

"In this class period, I'd like you all to look over your lists and find something that you think you could do, or might be interested in. Whether or not you follow through with it is up to you, though I highly encourage it."

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Look over your list

[smartestone]

Hermione won't even mind if you talk with others while you do it.

Re: Look over your list

[dollpocalypse]

Topher breezed through his list and circled things at random. Then he started sketching a rocket ship in such a way that the actual text on the list was kind of indecipherable.

Re: Look over your list

[geewhizfellas.livejournal.com]

To be honest, Butters mostly hadn't even noticed the weather. Summer in Colorado lasted about two weeks, and it was miserable. This was much more like it and so he happily had on his parka and started perusing the volunteer list, humming all the while. He wished he'd brought some stickers so he could put one on all the ones that appealed to him, but he didn't, so he just drew smiley suns next to the ones he liked, sad rainy clouds next to the ones he didn't.

There were far more smiley suns than sad rainy clouds.

Re: Look over your list

[didntchewgrass.livejournal.com]

Elphaba looked over the list, and was quite interested in helping with many of them.

Of course, now she sat trying to think of a proper way she could disguise herself so that her presence wouldn't cause alarm to the people of Maryland.

Re: Look over your list

[willbethenight.livejournal.com]

Bruce's interests were many and varied, so he made a mark by several opportunities before he came across a no-brainer: Crime Victim Advocate (http://www.volunteermatch.org/search/opp646842.jsp). It would be impossible to find something that matched up with Bruce better than that.