CAS Blog

 CAS BLOG (10/17/21) S - Service Learning Outcome 6: Demonstrate engagement with issues of global significance. This Saturday I went and volunteered for several hours at the Beacon, a non-profit organization that serves the Houston homeless community through daily services, civil legal aid, counseling and mentoring, and access to housing. Since my introduction to the Beacon almost four years ago in the Post Oak Middle School, I have considered the place a great place to volunteer for the impact it has on providing aid for those suffering from homelessness. Recently, I have made it a part of my weekly schedule, not just for college requirements, but also because I enjoy helping out these people that have nowhere else to go. At the Beacon, there are several tasks that volunteers can do, for example: cleaning up the lunch area, handing out meals, laundry, etc.  During my Saturday shift, I was assigned to laundry, the one I usually do. Now laundry may seem straightforward, bu...

 CAS BLOG (10/3/21) A - Action Learning Outcome 4: Show commitment to and perseverance in a fieldwork experience. During Odyssey week I had the opportunity to both try new things as well as revisit some of the things I've done in years past. This included the Asia Society Tour (I had experience from last year's J-Term), but primarily the Galveston field trip. The Galveston trip was a nice refresher, seeing as I did a similar outing in the Post Oak Middle school. And by "similar" I mean exactly identical, since we revised the same place and did all of the same activities. Said activities included taking the water's temperature, "seining" or catching wildlife to examine, and planting marsh grass. In my opinion, planting the marsh grass was the most difficult service project we had to do the entire week. To properly plant the marsh grass we had to wade into the mud-filled water filled with random holes on the ground that made it easy to stumble. Then we had...