think my service had no lasting impact on the community I “I … served. I think that's the ideal that we all go into this experience hoping to accomplish, right? To make a difference. And I definitely fell short of that. I'm confident that the systems I put into place at the computer lab (e.g., for tracking income, tracking service usage, tracking student attendance, etc.) were swiftly abandoned. The computer lab was in danger of being closed for not making enough money, so I was attempting to analyze trends in usage, and identify how much money each activity was bringing in. Again, another example of imposing American values on a culture that doesn't see the point.” My personal experience of was similar to in many respects. Serving in a country with Amy’s a similarly laid-back culture, I found the same tendency to impose types on traditional Weber’s Southeast Asian institutions. Like PC Central America, PC SEAsia tended to view volunteers more as children than as professionals. Most volunteers feel comfortable in interactions didn’t with staff. It felt as though staff was watching them, waiting for them to make a mistake. It feel like volunteers and staff were on the same side, working together to achieve a certain didn’t goal. It was very similar to experience, feeling pressured to conduct activities that fit Amy’s neatly into pre-selected boxes. While gender unquestionably impacts a service, I would argue that it a volunteer’s isn’t determining factor. While my experience with the organization of PC particularly wasn’t positive, my overall experience was. Unlike Amy, I was in a very rural community, teaching at a high school. Interactions with students gave me a sense of professional fulfillment, and hmy
“I think my service … had no lasting impact on the community I served. I think that's the ideal that we all go into this experience hoping to accomplish, right? To make a difference. And I definitely fell short of that. I'm confident that the systems I put into place at the computer lab (e.g., for tracking income, tracking service usage, tracking student attendance, etc.) were swiftly abandoned. The computer lab was in danger of being closed for not making enough money, so I was attempting to analyze trends in usage, and identify how much money each activity was bringing in. Again, another example of imposing American values on a culture that doesn't see the point.” My personal experience of was similar to Amy’s in many respects. Serving in a country with a similarly laid-back culture, I found the same tendency to impose Weber’s types on traditional Southeast Asian institutions. Like PC Central America, PC SEAsia tended to view volunteers more as children than as professionals. Most volunteers didn’t feel comfortable in interactions with staff. It felt as though staff was watching them, waiting for them to make a mistake. It didn’t feel like volunteers and staff were on the same side, working together to achieve a certain goal. It was very similar to Amy’s experience, feeling pressured to conduct activities that fit neatly into pre-selected boxes. While gender unquestionably impacts a volunteer’s service, I would argue that it isn’t a determining factor. While my experience with the organization of PC wasn’t particularly positive, my overall experience was. Unlike Amy, I was in a very rural community, teaching at a high school. Interactions with students gave me a sense of professional fulfillment, and hmy