Change for Kids

Community service is a way for one to give back to their community. It makes it so that one can help those leas fortunate and in need. Not only that, but there is also a sense of reciprocation. In helping others, one also feels a sense of not only gratitude, but also appreciation and respect from those he or she is helping. 

I chose to explore this particular community service because I think that reading and a sense of good wok ethic are vital to a successful career in not only school but life as well. In addition, throughout the process, one becomes a mentor to the children they are tutoring. It really is a great feeling; and the children are amazing. They make you feel special and appreciate. 

CFK has already influenced me in many ways. It has made me a better person, one who is patient and hat working. I always saw myself teaching, but never as a middle school teacher. I didn’t think I could handle it, and you know I barely can, but what I did gain was an immensely large sense of respect for middle school teachers. It is not easy!

Important to note as well, CFK is also connected to larger political, social, cultural, and economic issues. We deal with lower to middle class kids in a fairly impoverished neighborhood in Brooklyn. These are the kids that the government forgot about. These kids have been given up before, but through CFK these kids are getting the help and attention they deserve. When you actually get to know these kids you find out how intelligent and amazing these kids really are. Everyone of them is a character in their own way; diverse, curious, and amiable.

Child literacy, or lack thereof in some cases, is an important subject that is not always talked about in classrooms or in the news. It is necessary to increase awareness of this matter. So many children out there today are going along with sub par literacy. It is a shame because this literacy really becomes the foundation for any and very future career or endeavor. Through CFK we can help change the future of children for the better.