Kahne and Westheimer - Quotes

"To be critical thinkers, students must be able to consider arguments that justify conclusions that conflict with their own predispositions and self-interest."
--This is something that everyone should keep in mind when becoming educators. The only way you can keep the attention of your students is to teach and discuss things that spark their interest and get them thinking. This is definetly something I have come to realize during my own service learning experiences.

"Educators and legislators alike maintain that service learning can improve the community and invigorate the classroom, providing rich educational experiences for students at all levels of schooling."
--Being a student in the service learning program, I completely agree with this statement. I believe that this opportunity of being able to go into the class even before having a degree of any sort and get to work with young students couldn't be anymore perfect. Not only is it a great experience for me and my fellow students but its also good for the students I'm working with; they get to work with someone besides their teacher and not only see me as another teacher, but also a "friend" of some sort in the classroom.

"The experiential and interpersonal components of service learning activities can achieve the first crucial step toward diminishing the sense of "otherness" that often separates students-particularly privileged students-from those in need"
--This is talking about how there should be more opportunities for others to do something like student learning. If there were more there would be more acceptance for students.