It is not very often that people feel a natural and instinctive sense to give back to their community. Although it is important to always be giving back to our community, it is specifically in privileged situations that people begin to take a stance on helping others altruistically. Privileged situations almost immediately bring one’s attention to the fact that most people won’t experience the same experiences. I believe it is that same principle that applies to our role as a Baruch Scholar in the Honors Program. In fact, the Honors Program advocates for and encourages us, the students, to partake in a community service assignment. I believe that the Honors Program is looking at this particular assignment as more than just a few hours of required community service. Rather, the Honors Program is trying to ignite a spark in each of us so that we partake in more community service activities especially when it is not a requirement. It is easy to help the greater good when you are required to do so for class but I think the true test is whether or not we will partake in a similar activity on our free time. In high school, I had a similar requirement for graduation. I personally decided to join my school’s peer tutoring society. By the end of the year, I was fairly surprised, yet proud, that I had far surpassed the required number of community service hours. The Honors Program is, in a sense, introducing us to the idea of community service in the hopes that we will continue this long lasting relationship with service and it is precisely that long lasting service which will help our community.