Week 4: Service Learning

I am giving up on trying to volunteer at Ben Taub. I just can't make the thursday orientation, on account of them holding them at the exact same time as I hold DIYbio meetings. Which is ironic that Im not able to do my Cell Bio volunteering because I'm too busy teaching people biology for free(aka volunteering). I think maybe the service learning project shouldn't just be limited to clinics and hospitals. While that limitation makes sense for those entering the health profession. It makes no sense for those of us who have no interest in working in a hospital. Not to mention most volunteer jobs I've realized are not even close to science related and sitting at a help desk for 10 hours is not a good learning experience. Nor is it a good use of a students very limited time.

So rather than attempt to guess why someone felt Service Learning would be beneficial and try to find a random volunteer position which I wont enjoy. Because it'd be taking away from time I could be doing science. Starting now I'll be sharing my experience with all the work I already do that both helps others and helps me learn more and is relevant to cell bio (or at the very least science).