If using the 3rd edition of the textbook, please contact your teacher to bypass this assignment. (2nd edition: Complete the activity on p.163; 1st edition: p.996-998 of The Language of Composition.)

The Dalton School, a small private high school, opens it's mission statement by asserting, "Community Service is something that needs to be done." The argument is that this experience "teaches us through experience- about the relationship between empathy and responsibility, about what it takes to be a part of a community, in essence, about being human." The contribution this experience makes to academic growth is not the only emphasis, though it is important. The heart of the Dalton School's program is, however, what they term the "moral center" that "will fortify a community."

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