Reflection Essay: Doing Good

It all started about four months ago, when I learned that I would be taking the FYS class, Doing Good. At first I really didn’t know what to think about on how the class would be or who my professor even was. Now, community service and doing good have always been an important part in my life. Also because of it, it’s changed my life dramatically in many positive ways. When our class was first told about the families we would visit, I knew it was going to be another opportunity for me to help someone out who is in need. Having said that, with the experiences I’ve encountered with doing good before I worked with these children, were nothing compared to how they impacted me so much. Personally, I find an upbringing in my doing good skills thanks

A notable name that our class discussed was China Joe. China Joe is a recovered drug king and convict from the suburbs of Chicago. Ever since Joe was a little boy, the only thing he was taught to do was to sell drugs and steal money. By the time he was in the fifth grade, he had dropped out of school and was getting arrested week after week. By the age of forty, China Joe had spent more than half of his life in prison.That’s when he knew something had to change. In his community, there was an organization created called Cure Violence. Cure Violence is an organization to help children who are like China Joe, to get them out of the drug and stealing business, and hope they can find more purpose in their lives. China Joe hearing about this organization, granted a petition for himself to be one of the leaders of this group. He was tired of being behind bars and he knew what these kids are capable of because he used to be one of them. So, he was granted the petition and started to make a huge impact in these children’s lives. China Joe made a life of disgrace and embarrassment, into him having a major purpose in the world by doing