How important is community service to developing 21st Century skills such as collaboration, communication, critical thinking and creativity If you went on the field trip, write about your experience and how you were able to practice these important skills. If you were not able to go, write about another community service project you might involve yourself in this year.

     It's very important these days to be involved in doing community service. At the field trip, I was very interested in what I saw because most of the people were about 50 yrs. old. They like to spend time creating beautiful quilts. I think these people are very creative and patient because my first thought when I saw them, I thought to myself how long did it take to make those shapes ,colors, and patterns. However, what I mostly like about their work is the type of community that they have, I especially like it when they acknowledge others. One of the people that I helped out was making a comfortable quilt. She told me that the small size quilts were made by little kids and that they make them do this so they learn how to quilt from a young age. After this experience, I learned that even at an old age you could still find the desire to make things the way you imagine with others.

Quilt with a Design of a Horse

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