Social Responsibility shows students how to help out

By Corinne Van Lier & Berenice Garcia

We wanted to know more about Social Responsibility, so we decided to ask Mrs. Renfro about the elective class she is teaching. We asked her a few questions about the class, and this is what we came up with:

Q: What is Social Responsibility?

A: A class where students can find ways to help others, the community, and the world.

Q: What activities do you do?

A: We visit the retirement center and the elementary school kids and read to them. We have cleaned Lansing Avenue. We have also shared about family culture.

Q: How much time do you spend helping the community?

A: We help clean up the street about four times a year. We visit the retirement center about one time every mouth.

Q: What made you think of doing this class?

A: Most kids take for granted what they get, so this is a class where they can pay back the community.

Q: Have any students complained about doing work for the community?

A: No, because I tell then to find a different class if they want to complain.

Q: What has been the funniest thing teaching this class?

A: At the retirement center an elderly person called the boys a jerk when they were all being nice.

If you’d like to learn more about Social Responsibility, then you could maybe talk to Mrs. Renfro about the class. I think that Social Responsibility is a good class that helps people realize that helping others isn’t always that hard, and that you make a difference. –Berenice Garcia