Chapter 4 Social Innovators

While reading chapter 4 I realized that many of the people that were mentioned had a deep passion for their cause.  Our school has a class called service learning.  Many students take the class and truly are inspired at their service sites.  Many students take the second service learning class.  We also offer a class in Peer Tutoring.  This class pairs a special education student with a few regular ed students.  They take them out to eat, school events and even church.  I see students who sign up for this class and enjoy it so much they pursue an education in special education.  I think students are always willing to participate in community service projects but you always have those few who think that they shouldn't have to help because they are the ones who should be on the receiving end.  I always try to explain to students that no matter how bad things are there are always people that are worse off.  I think passion is what drives most individuals in doing things that they enjoy.  For instance, Laura took her passion of swimming and turned it into lessons or Jigna who has taken her passion for learning to help students in her nonprofit.  I think it is very important as educators that we teach students how to be responsible and accountable for their own actions.  I believe that PBL is a great way to produce the next generation of students who are able to be productive citizens.  PBL is absolutely a great way to produce a generation with skills to allow students to be successful.