Teach Like Your Hair's On Fire- Chapter 16- Do They Know It's Christmas?

This chapter was so insightful and interesting. I think all students and classrooms should be involved in some kind of community service, and helping the needy, poor, and homeless is a wonderful service to give. Many children are not aware of how incredibly blessed they are to live in such a wonderful country and have so many of the things we are blessed with. Some students complain if they have too much homework or too much to study. They never take into account that there are many grown men and women who cannot read or write. They are blessed to be able to read their homework and write the answers to it. Do community service and projects like the ones Rafe does with his students is an excellent way to expose students to the real world and the real things that are going on. It also shows the students that they can make a difference in someone's life. I think that's so important for students to understand. They don't have to become presidents, or pop stars, or authors, or even teachers. By lending a helping hand and showing care and concern for others, there's no telling how many lives one child can impact.