How will the Service Learning Experience help me

              When I heard about the Wage Claim Clinic I knew I wanted to volunteer there so I really did not have to narrow down much. At the fair I spoke to the representative and she explained that I would be working one-on-one with all the clients. I was excited because it enables a much more personal and direct insight to the situation. One of the reasons why I chose the clinic was because of the clinic's commitment to justice and fairness. Especially in respects to immigrants, most of them whom I presume are undocumented, cannot speak English and are often powerless to fight for their rights. Because of their lack of understanding, their inability to speak up for themselves and fear of being deported, they are often mistreated, under payed and sometimes not paid at all. The employers often take advantage of the fact that they are voiceless and use to their own gain without realizing that such actions are inhumane and absolutely cruel and they disregard all the humanistic progress we have made so far. These are people. They deserve respect whether or not they have a legal piece of paper that proves that they are in fact human beings.  With this experience I hope to learn more about the " low wage, poor working conditions" epidemic that seems to be going around. How are people being treated, what is being done to help them and in general be more acquainted with the topic.
By familiarizing myself with the topic and the different situations I intend to find some common ground where perhaps an agreement could be made.

I hope that the experience will help me understand more about Shakespeare's infatuation with the unfair and unjust world, why he chooses to talk about the unfortunate and why people do the things they do. I guess it will give me some extra insight when thinking about human behavior. His stories often deal with different social classes and how they interact ( positively or negatively) , and I think it is very similar to the immigrants' situation. Much like back then, we now have a country with an ever growing social economic gap, where the richer are getting richer and the poorer are getting poorer.