During one of my last business lectures, my Business professor spoke about the different kinds of economies. Since our’s is a capitalist economy, there exists more inequality than in other economies; since there is more inequality, there exists more people that might need a helping hand. And that’s where our role as Baruch Scholars comes in to play. We have been shown good fortune in receiving our scholarships and other benefits associated with the Baruch Honors College, but the lives of other people may have been deprived of such luck. Some may have lost their homes, their jobs, or their families. While we can’t help these people get these things back, we can help them in other ways, like volunteering at a local soup kitchen, homeless shelter, or even a simple park clean up can go a long way and signify that there are kids out there who care about their place, and everyone’s place in society.
As to the culture of service that the Honors Program promotes: some might only do the 8 hours and then call it quits. As for myself, when I reach the 8 hour threshold, I will not stop service. That’s not what it means to service one’s community. People live in community’s for extended amounts of time, and for this reason, I feel that it is necessary to serve community’s for extended amounts of time.