When my son was in high school, he was once required to travel to a local assisted living facility, where he had to/got to develop a caring relationship with a sweet elderly woman over a period of several weeks. Apparently, he even once danced with her at some event, which I’m sure was a real challenge for an awkward adolescent boy - but filled this mama’s heart. 🥰
It was one semester in a class whose name and subject I don’t even remember - but the experience stuck with him. Even years later I’ve heard him talk about it.
And when his father became ill last year, and my son and his wife brought him into their home to nurse him through his final days, their tenderness and steadfastness was as inspiring as it was brave.
I can’t help but wonder if that experience, not that many years ago, in some way gave him at least some of what he needed to get through...
Kids need those kinds of experiences. They need to feel useful. They need to experience the real world and find out they can handle it. They need the pride and self respect that comes from experiential learning - and a concept like StudentCorps would provide that.
StudentCorps - what a positively brilliant idea.
When my son was in high school, he was once required to travel to a local assisted living facility, where he had to/got to develop a caring relationship with a sweet elderly woman over a period of several weeks. Apparently, he even once danced with her at some event, which I’m sure was a real challenge for an awkward adolescent boy - but filled this mama’s heart. 🥰
It was one semester in a class whose name and subject I don’t even remember - but the experience stuck with him. Even years later I’ve heard him talk about it.
And when his father became ill last year, and my son and his wife brought him into their home to nurse him through his final days, their tenderness and steadfastness was as inspiring as it was brave.
I can’t help but wonder if that experience, not that many years ago, in some way gave him at least some of what he needed to get through...
Kids need those kinds of experiences. They need to feel useful. They need to experience the real world and find out they can handle it. They need the pride and self respect that comes from experiential learning - and a concept like StudentCorps would provide that.
I truly love this.