Most organizations see young people as problems to be solved. We see young people as problem-solvers.
Craig KielburgerRead
We've found that service learning builds life skills, leadership and a sense of global citizenship that makes helping a lifelong habit.
Interpretation
Service learning develops essential life skills and fosters a commitment to helping others.
In this quote, Craig Kielburger emphasizes the transformative power of service learning in education. By engaging students in community service, they not only acquire valuable life skills and leadership qualities but also cultivate a mindset of global citizenship. This approach encourages individuals to make helping others a lifelong commitment rather than a one-time act, enriching both their lives and the lives of those they serve.
In practice
During a keynote speech at a conference, I can quote this to emphasize the impact of educational programs focused on community service.
Most organizations see young people as problems to be solved. We see young people as problem-solvers.
Success to us is not just a girl overseas going to school - but also leading her village to a better future.
I started calling anti-child labor organizations, asking how I could help. They told me a kid couldn't make any difference, so I decided to start a movement for young people to fight child labor, and to prove them wrong.
Some plague the people with too long sermons; for the faculty of listening is a tender thing, and soon becomes weary and satiated.
In Kenya, I met wonderful girls; girls who wanted to help their communities. I was with them in their school, listening to their dreams. They still have hope. They want to be doctor and teachers and engineers.
History shows that it does not matter who is in power or what revolutionary forces take over the government, those who have not learned to do for themselves and have to depend solely on others never obtain any more rights or privileges in the end than they had in the beginning.
Read like a wolf eats and write every day. Every. Single. Day.
The first task in teaching is to bring to consciousness what the students already believe by virtue of their personal experiences about themselves and society.
Do not be an arrogant scholar, for scholarship cannot subsist with arrogance.
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