Service Learning

(1)

Literal

Here is the log of my hours along with a description of my duties and contact information.

Interpretive

The most important thing that I gained from my service learning, is really understanding how a skate shop works. I learned that it's different that a regular department store, there's a sense of family while you're there, and it's because it's related to skateboarding. So that means that while you're working there you must treat everyone that comes through the door as a friend, along with everyone that you're working with.

Applied

This helped me answer my EQ because for every single hour of working at the shop, I was around skateboarding. And that alone gave me endless ideas for things to research, or just learning new things about the world of skateboarding. It probably helped me most with my third answer (to open a skate shop or business) because for the majority of my time there I was working with the manager, and was able to talk to him and ask any questions I had about the decisions he makes for the shop, so I was constantly learning how to run a skate shop when I was working with him. And as for my other two answers, being in the skating environment for the whole time really helped because I was constantly leaning about what's new with skateboarding and what the skaters were thinking. Which plays a big role in becoming a pro skater, and also becoming a pro filmer/editor because you have to know what's the demand of the skaters.

(2)

Here is a confirmation of my 50 hours.