Currently, I am not as active in the Baruch community as I would like to be. As of now, I am just a regular student that commutes to and from Baruch College. Although I have attended a few community service events here and there, I would definitely like to be more active and help out more. Back in High School, I attended one or two events throughout the four years. However, I plan on attending a lot more events throughout my college years. Eventually, I would like to be involved with the community and be a part of multiple different clubs such as VSA or UCLA or MOB. As a Baruch Scholar in the Honors Program, we are expected to complete a certain amount of hours of community service each year. I believe that this is extremely important. Giving back to the community, especially one that you were brought up in, is a way of giving back to the place you call home. It is a way of saying thanks to the community that shaped who you are now and led you to where you are now. The Honors Program promotes a strong emphasis on community service. I believe this helps push Scholars to do what is right; giving back to the community and helping the less fortunate. Furthermore, we receive scholarships that help pay for our tuition. I believe this is another motivating factor to push us to do more community service. Since we do not have to work as much to pay for our tuition, we should definitely invest more time volunteering at different places or attending more community service events.
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I agree. Having a scholarship gives us the privilege to not worry about paying tuition, which is a concern for many students. Not having that burden gives us more opportunities to spend time volunteering and giving back, an opportunity that we should take full advantage of.
Like you, I hope to be more involved in the Baruch community by joining various clubs. It’s important for us, as students, to take initiative and be more active in school. Joining extracurricular activities in school is not a requirement or responsibility as a Scholar but, as a student at Baruch, I believe we should consider contributing to the Baruch community through those activities. It will help us demonstrate our gratitude towards the school.
Getting involved in the community takes time and while we’re both not as active as we want to be there is still more opportunities to change this.
Steven I think that its great that you feel that you should be more involved in the Baruch community and I feel the same way about myself. I also agree that it is important to volunteer and give our service.