Community Service

Community service is unpaid work intended to be of social use. Community service often benefits the general public or its institutions such as schools or hospitals.  Often times community service is mandatory for graduation; such as in my high school. My school required every student to commit to volunteer work in order to graduate.  I chose to do my community service at the nearby New York Aquarium. There were over 50 kids in my group who chose to their community service hours at this institution. The volunteers were required to learn as much as they can about a certain animal so they can present their knowledge to the visitors. I chose my animal to be the Sea Otter. The Sea Otter, in my opinion, is one of the cutest animals in the whole aquarium. But don’t let their looks fool you. The Sea Otter has some of the most powerful jaws in the world. I learned from observing them all day that they can take a clam and crush it with their jaws with no effort at all. Unfortunately my work was not as fun as I thought it would be; the Sea Otter, like most of us, is extremely lazy. My Sea Otter would come out once a day for its swim and go back into his cave for the rest of the day. Ultimately this was a fun experience.