{"id":2210,"date":"2018-01-09T17:27:50","date_gmt":"2018-01-09T17:27:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.kleducation.org\/?p=2210"},"modified":"2018-01-09T17:44:09","modified_gmt":"2018-01-09T17:44:09","slug":"fostering-social-responsibility-through-community-service","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cambridgenetwork.cn\/cambridge-international-en\/2018\/01\/fostering-social-responsibility-through-community-service\/","title":{"rendered":"Fostering Social Responsibility Through Community Service"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>What are the most valuable benefits of volunteering? Is it to add a line to your resume or is it to have an experience that is different than your own? Students on our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cambridgenetwork.cn\/cambridge-international-en\/school\/st-marys-china\/\">SMS Zhengzhou<\/a> campus discovered it was the latter when they traveled to Lankao Village, Kaifeng City, to volunteer teach\u00a0at Yifeng No. 1 Junior High School.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>In early December, our Zhengzhou high school \u00a0students (or &#8220;little teachers&#8221; as they came to be known) prepared lessons, materials, gifts, and donations before embarking early in the morning on a two-hour bus ride to their destination, bringing 400 sets of stationery plus warmth and smiles to the students. Dong Cheng, Director of our Zhengzhou campus, said, &#8220;We hope that our visit gives these children special access to the outside world, while giving our own students a great learning opportunity.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-2211\" src=\"https:\/\/www.cambridgenetwork.cn\/cambridge-international-en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/Yifeng-No.-1-Junior-High-School-1024x653.jpg\" alt=\"Chinese School Receives Stationary Donation\" width=\"1024\" height=\"653\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.cambridgenetwork.cn\/cambridge-international-en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/Yifeng-No.-1-Junior-High-School-1024x653.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.cambridgenetwork.cn\/cambridge-international-en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/Yifeng-No.-1-Junior-High-School-300x191.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.cambridgenetwork.cn\/cambridge-international-en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/Yifeng-No.-1-Junior-High-School-768x490.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.cambridgenetwork.cn\/cambridge-international-en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/Yifeng-No.-1-Junior-High-School.jpg 1158w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><em>Teachers &amp; administrators at\u00a0Yifeng No. 1 Junior High School receive donation from our Zhengzhou campus<\/em><\/p>\n<p>After a brief introduction, our \u201clittle teachers\u201d devoted themselves to their designated classrooms. In psychology class, they listened carefully to the students\u2019 problems, gave them advice and support, and offered suggestions based on their own personal experiences. In PE class, sports spirit joined together with everyone\u2019s enthusiasm. In music class, our students offered charming melodies. In arts and crafts class, our students carefully explained and guided the students in patiently making beautiful Chinese knots. In model class, our \u201clittle teachers\u201d taught their students about the aerodynamics of aircraft flight, and helped them create models that successfully took flight. There&#8217;s no better way to describe than the experience than through photos.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-2212\" src=\"https:\/\/www.cambridgenetwork.cn\/cambridge-international-en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/Launching-Airplanes.jpg\" alt=\"Zhengzhou Students Volunteer Teaching Aerodynamics\" width=\"720\" height=\"480\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.cambridgenetwork.cn\/cambridge-international-en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/Launching-Airplanes.jpg 720w, https:\/\/www.cambridgenetwork.cn\/cambridge-international-en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/Launching-Airplanes-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 720px) 100vw, 720px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Model airplanes<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-2213\" src=\"https:\/\/www.cambridgenetwork.cn\/cambridge-international-en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/Pingpong.jpg\" alt=\"Pingpong During Community Service Day at Rural Junior High School\" width=\"799\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.cambridgenetwork.cn\/cambridge-international-en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/Pingpong.jpg 799w, https:\/\/www.cambridgenetwork.cn\/cambridge-international-en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/Pingpong-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.cambridgenetwork.cn\/cambridge-international-en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/Pingpong-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 799px) 100vw, 799px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><em>A friendly ping pong competition<\/em><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-2214\" src=\"https:\/\/www.cambridgenetwork.cn\/cambridge-international-en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/Learning-to-Dance.jpg\" alt=\"Zhengzhou Students Volunteer Teach Dance Class\" width=\"799\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.cambridgenetwork.cn\/cambridge-international-en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/Learning-to-Dance.jpg 799w, https:\/\/www.cambridgenetwork.cn\/cambridge-international-en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/Learning-to-Dance-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.cambridgenetwork.cn\/cambridge-international-en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/Learning-to-Dance-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 799px) 100vw, 799px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><em>Teaching students to dance<\/em><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-2215\" src=\"https:\/\/www.cambridgenetwork.cn\/cambridge-international-en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/Basketball.jpg\" alt=\"Zhengzhou Students Volunteer Teach Basketball at Rural Junior High\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.cambridgenetwork.cn\/cambridge-international-en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/Basketball.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.cambridgenetwork.cn\/cambridge-international-en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/Basketball-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.cambridgenetwork.cn\/cambridge-international-en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/Basketball-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><em>A new way to learn basketball<\/em><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-2216\" src=\"https:\/\/www.cambridgenetwork.cn\/cambridge-international-en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/Teachers.jpg\" alt=\"Zhengzhou students and teachers on community service day\" width=\"799\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.cambridgenetwork.cn\/cambridge-international-en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/Teachers.jpg 799w, https:\/\/www.cambridgenetwork.cn\/cambridge-international-en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/Teachers-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.cambridgenetwork.cn\/cambridge-international-en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/Teachers-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 799px) 100vw, 799px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-2217\" src=\"https:\/\/www.cambridgenetwork.cn\/cambridge-international-en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/Calligraphy.jpg\" alt=\"Zhengzhou student presents calligraphy during community service day\" width=\"799\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.cambridgenetwork.cn\/cambridge-international-en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/Calligraphy.jpg 799w, https:\/\/www.cambridgenetwork.cn\/cambridge-international-en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/Calligraphy-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.cambridgenetwork.cn\/cambridge-international-en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/Calligraphy-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 799px) 100vw, 799px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><em>Zhengzhou student Xuanlin Li Lin presents his calligraphy \u201cGod helps those who help themselves\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Community service is a requirement for students on all of our campuses, not only to enrich and develop their skills, but to foster a sense of social responsibility.<\/p>\n<p>Learn more about our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cambridgenetwork.cn\/cambridge-international-en\/schools\/\">KL schools<\/a> and how we are transforming international education.<\/p>\n<p>Want to join our inspiring community of educators teaching on our global campuses? Check out our\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cambridgenetwork.cn\/cambridge-international-en\/career-opportunities\/\">KL career opportunities<\/a>\u00a0today!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What are the most valuable benefits of volunteering? Is it to add a line to your resume or is it to have an experience that is different than your own? Students on our SMS Zhengzhou campus discovered it was the latter when they traveled to Lankao Village, Kaifeng City, to volunteer teach\u00a0at Yifeng No. 1 Junior High School.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":2219,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"wps_subtitle":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cambridgenetwork.cn\/cambridge-international-en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2210"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cambridgenetwork.cn\/cambridge-international-en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cambridgenetwork.cn\/cambridge-international-en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cambridgenetwork.cn\/cambridge-international-en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cambridgenetwork.cn\/cambridge-international-en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2210"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.cambridgenetwork.cn\/cambridge-international-en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2210\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2223,"href":"https:\/\/www.cambridgenetwork.cn\/cambridge-international-en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2210\/revisions\/2223"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cambridgenetwork.cn\/cambridge-international-en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2219"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cambridgenetwork.cn\/cambridge-international-en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2210"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cambridgenetwork.cn\/cambridge-international-en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2210"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cambridgenetwork.cn\/cambridge-international-en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2210"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}