It was a day after I had removed my hand cast after suffering from a hand fracture about a month ago. Arrangements have been made by our form teachers to visit Delta Senior School, a school for the mentally disabled, for our service learning project. As soon as school had ended, the whole class made our way to the school by bus.
The purpose of going to Delta Senior School was to bond with the students and to understand more about them. I did not know what to expect over there as I have never interacted with any mentally disabled person before so I was quite anxious to find out. Upon arrival, we were going to play various sporting games as part of our interacting session. The games included floorball, soccer and basketball. I was a little worried about playing as fractured hand was not completely healed yet. Since it was for a good cause, I decided to play anyway. I chose to play soccer. As soon as match started off, I was surprised as some of the players were skillful! I could see everyone from our side and theirs was having a good time kicking about. It was a good and humbling experience for me as I played against them. At the end of session, we gathered for a group photo. At the end of the day, I was pleased and enjoyed my time at Delta Senior School.
This whole experience made me realised although they are mentally disabled, they do not lack in specialties and talent. This is what makes them unique. It taught me to treat everyone equally no irregardless of their appearance or disablities. We should never look down on these people. Throughout my service learning experience, I enjoyed playing soccer with my classmates the most as I have not bonded with them for some time as well. The worst thing that happened to me was falling down on the muddy field several times. I went home covered in mud! I would definitely stay involved doing community work in the future as not only is it meaningful but I always get a sense of satisfaction for doing something for a good cause.
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