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Originally Posted by steeljack
just curious , but do you get college credits for this towards your degree in lieu of 'book-learning' for 'social/community activism' ?
an owd saying of my Grandad ...."anyone who does owt for nowt is a thief "
his actual saying was... "any ****** who does owt for nowt.... " but that word is not allowed   |
No we don't and it's actually eating up study time.
The reason we are doing it is in some way for ourselves, because we decided to take part in a law competition in which the modules get released over so much time, we had no idea what they'd be before we signed up... and the 3rd one is to do something for a charity, we all sat down and thought of something that affects a lot of people which is why we thought of cancer, then we looked at local charities and which depend really heavily on fund raising and specifically target helping society as a whole rather than the 'primary victim'.
I am team leader, there are 4 of us in total and we are planning a quiz, something for valentines day and we're also going to take part in the charity's wider collection days because the last thing we want to do is just do our task and then step back from it. The wider collection day is actually after the deadline.
I'm also involved in fund raising for another cause at the moment which is raising money for Derian Children's hospice. We're all tied into the society RAG (Raising and Giving) at university though and do these things quite often, but this is the first time we have organised our own event and we want it to be special and raise a lot of money.
It raises the moral question of whether it is 'good' to do something like that for personal gain (i.e. completing the module of the competition) but it wont hurt anybody, it will publicise the charity as we have to write an article for the law firm who is holding the competition and they will publish it, plus we're getting local press involved as we have contacts from other stuff we've been involved with in the past, and obviously the money will help the charity.
Yes we just want something for our CVs, but when the economic climate is the way it is at the moment we need to do everything we can and charities still need donations, and I imagine people are less likely to make donations when they're having to cut back. Students will always part with money for fun.
As for the swapping tshirts thing Margaret, there have been 'frock swaps' at university for £5 entry so yes that can be a good idea! I might speak to women's society and see if they'd possibly be interested in teaming up with us to arrange something similar for the cause
