Most organizations see young people as problems to be solved. We see young people as problem-solvers.
Craig KielburgerRead
We've found that service learning builds life skills, leadership and a sense of global citizenship that makes helping a lifelong habit.
Interpretation
Service learning develops essential life skills and fosters a commitment to helping others.
In this quote, Craig Kielburger emphasizes the transformative power of service learning in education. By engaging students in community service, they not only acquire valuable life skills and leadership qualities but also cultivate a mindset of global citizenship. This approach encourages individuals to make helping others a lifelong commitment rather than a one-time act, enriching both their lives and the lives of those they serve.
In practice
During a keynote speech at a conference, I can quote this to emphasize the impact of educational programs focused on community service.
Most organizations see young people as problems to be solved. We see young people as problem-solvers.
Success to us is not just a girl overseas going to school - but also leading her village to a better future.
I started calling anti-child labor organizations, asking how I could help. They told me a kid couldn't make any difference, so I decided to start a movement for young people to fight child labor, and to prove them wrong.
As every parent knows, children begin life as uninhibited, unabashed explorers of the unknown. From the time we can walk and talk, we want to know what things are and how they work - we begin life as little scientists.
Real education enhances the dignity of a human being and increases his or her self-respect. If only the real sense of education could be realized by each individual and carried forward in every field of human activity, the world will be so much a better place to live in.
Children love and want to be loved and they very much prefer the joy of accomplishment to the triumph of hateful failure. Do not mistake a child for his symptom.
I would never suggest to anyone that they drop school for chess. First of all even if you can make it in chess, your social skills need to be developed there.
Regardless of zip code, talent and IQ are evenly distributed, so we need to make sure that opportunity is evenly distributed, too.
As regards parents, I should like to see them as highly educated as possible, and I do not restrict this remark to fathers alone.
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