Overview:

Welcome to the week 2 discussion. As we learn more about service learning and civic engagement, we should realize the important role community partnerships play in educating the community about the larger social, cultural, and political issues that make up the world around them.

Directions:

Please respond to allthe following items in your initial post by Sunday. In addition, engage with your classmates by making comments and/or asking questions that build upon your peer’s posts.

• Choose one of the below sayings and explain how you feel it relates to service learning, civic engagement and becoming community?

(a) “Do unto others as you would have them do unto you” — The Golden Rule
(b) “Do unto others as they would have done to them” — The Platinum Rule
(c) “The whole is greater than the sum of its parts” — Aristotle
(d) “Ask not what your country can do for you, but what you can do for your country” — J. F. Kennedy

• How do you think Howard Schultz, author of Pour Your Heart Into It, would answer this question? Why?

Each week, you will be asked to respond to the prompt or prompts in the discussion forum. Your initial post should be 75-150 words in length, and is due on Sunday. By Tuesday, you should respond to two additional posts from your peers.

Click here to see your discussion rubric.