Toilet Teacher Final Blog

During my service learning project, my group as well as I found what we had done very beneficial. We at first thought of doing the normal volunteering somewhere and get experience that way but then, because of the time we had a different idea. When we first started or brainstormed about what we could do for our project, most group members were sick. What we realized is that most people in our dorms were sick. We wanted to spread the knowledge about the common sicknesses found throughout the dorms. We decided to make posters that explained how you get a sickness, the symptoms, and how it’s treated and avoided. After our pamphlet was finished, we posted them on every stall in the bathroom in our dorm. We took this idea from the previous informational posters on the wall that we could all recite word by word. We also gave a presentation to a number of students from the dorms. Although the presentation may have been repetitive depending on how often they have bowel movements, or actually read our pamphlet, I think it was very educating to everyone. What we hoped everyone who witnessed our presentation, or read our pamphlet got from our project, was knowledge that would improve their health in the years to come. We hope that everyone left the bathroom a little smarter. Not only did other people learn something from our project, but my group members and I learned quite a bit as well. We all had a basic understanding of what causes you to get sick and how to treat it. We’ve all been sick with most of the sicknesses we chose, but researching more in depth we found there’s still a lot to know. We realized the actual virus that causes strep, what goes on with mono (WBC’s), and misconceptions about the cold. We got a better knowledge of these sicknesses which will benefit not only ourselves as we go through life, but our future families and friends as well. The one thing we wished we would have done differently was the sicknesses we chose. When we first began our project, it was middle of winter. This project has taught me a lot and I hope it helped others as much as it did to me. Obviously the kinds of sickness have changed from then till now but now at least they will have a better understanding of what to expect next winter. Overall, my group, and the people of our dorm will have a better understanding and a healthier life when it comes to common dorm room sicknesses.