There's a unique and special type of gratification I get when I do something to help others, without any expectation of personal gain. It soothes my soul and makes my heart flutter. Of course, it is crucial to be able to use your skills, experiences, and wealth to make money. However, it hits differently when you use these resources to help people without expecting anything in return. Volunteering and community service are one of the ways to help those in need- those who are struggling in one way or the other. When you volunteer to do something, you're not doing it to gain recognition (so people start calling you a good person); you're not also doing it to get paid or expect anything in return. Your sole motivation is to put a smile on someone’s face. It is important to note that, by volunteering to make someone else happy, you're in turn making yourself happy, and this sense of fulfillment comes naturally.
Today’s Hive learners’ prompts ask us the last time we volunteered to help others. Volunteering is not just about using your money to make people happy. There are so many other ways to do this; whether it is with skills, experiences, or just doing a thing for the community as simple as clearing a path where people work or picking the dirt on the street. Growing up, I remember how my siblings and I would go to church every Saturday morning to clean the church premises. We would clear the bushes, clean the chairs, and remove cobwebs. No one forced us to do these things, we volunteered to do them simply because we wanted to. Volunteering to help others has been a part of me since my childhood days- I believe this was influenced by my mom.
The last time I volunteered to help someone was last month- it was during exams. As a final-year student, I have juniors who often approach me for explanations and materials. The fact that I have passed 3 levels means I have a better understanding of the courses and experiences with each lecturer. So, it is only natural for the juniors to meet their seniors for materials and advice during exams. Last month, I had 6 tough papers and was pulling up all-nighters in preparation for them. After my first paper, I went home to rest a bit. I got a call from a friend- my junior. She told me that they were having Phonology- a course that deals with sounds, the next day and that she didn't know anything about it. Phonology is one of the most difficult courses at her level. It gets to a point where you start to see mathematical equations in English. The first time I encountered a phonological question, I thought it was mathematics, because tell me whaare plus and minus signs doing in the English language?
She told me that she and her friend were scared of the course. They had been in school all day, jumping from one tutorial to another, but they didn't seem to understand anything. Considering how stressed I was and how I still needed to rest to continue the all-nighter, I could have declined and rested. But I thought about the situation well and prioritized their needs above mine. I asked myself these questions; “if I don’t help these guys, who will? How would they feel if I turned them down? Their exam is barely in the next 24 hours, how would they go about it?” After weighing these questions, I concluded that I would sacrifice my rest and help them out.
When they came to my hostel, I didn't get around the bush. I skipped all the intros and jumped into the real deal. Instead of starting from the beginning; giving them the introduction of the course and definition of terms, I skipped them and started teaching them the practical aspect, since that's what came out during our exams. I knew that if I loaded them with too much information, they wouldn't understand, so I filtered out the unnecessary ones. After teaching them the practical questions, we solved some past questions together. After teaching them for more than 3 hours, I knew I had played my part well. They went home to practice more questions.
I was super excited when I found out that most of the things we treated came out during their exam. The exact past questions we treated were repeated. When they got home, they couldn't stop expressing their gratitude to me for helping them out. Thanks to me, they did the exam well. Before I taught them, they didn't know anything about that course, but after my tutorial, they learnt a lot and came out smiling. I hope their results come out well.
Volunteering to help them really made me feel happy and yes, it is something I plan to do again if the opportunity comes knocking.
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Aww, that’s so nice. I can totally relate to how happy they must have been and also how happy you were on that day.
Helping others out for me, it’s more beneficial to us helping them than those we really help. Yes, they are the ones that are all happy and grateful but I still feel we benefit more from it.
I’m glad they saw those things that you taught them, I pray they do well. 🥰
Thank you so much for sharing this with us, love. Indeed, you don’t need money to put a smile on someone’s face, your time and energy can also do that. 🤭
Yes, imagine the expression on their faces when they saw those questions.
I’m glad you agree with me that volunteering to help others is beneficial to the giver and the receiver.
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Yeah?! It must have been like, God please bless that senior for us. 🤭
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That's right. They probably said that.🤭
They did. I can feel it. 🤭
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In this day and age, it is very rare to find someone helping someone without expecting anything, it is very impossible, but we also have a few good people who are willing to help someone sincerely.
You have told all about this topic, I really enjoyed your post friend.
It is almost impossible to find someone helping without expecting something in return. The truth is that sometimes I help people for my own selfish interests. Overall, I always try my best to help without expecting anything in return.
Yea, I love volunteering when it shows up, it gives me this kind of fulfilment of helping out. I hope their results come out well because that's when you'd get that praise from them.
Like you, volunteering without expecting anything in return makes me happy.
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That's so nice with the effort to touch other people's life in the little way you could.
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Hahahaha 🤣🤣. Mathematical equations in English. 🤣.
I enjoyed phonology ohh. It was one of my best courses while in first year. In fact I came out with A in that course. Shaa I understand her struggles and thank God you were there to help her.
Maybe for me because I offered it too in my nce level, so during my degree it was not a problem at all.
Thanks for sharing
Ahhh! You enjoyed phonology? Yes, I also got an A, but the struggle was really crazy. It came with many sleepless nights.
One of the factors that helps in school is having seniors like you who are willing and able to put one through. Information is what makes the difference between passing and failing in the university.
Yes oo. My guy, the importance of having seniors cannot be overlooked. They have PDFs, past questions, notes, and all.
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This is an interesting piece. I did phonology in my year 3 and what my eyes saw as mathematical equations was shocking. That was when I learned that English has mathematics. It used to be tough but I'm happy you volunteered to help them understand the mathematical phonology. It's helpful because it would also help you, the teacher, to understand better and your students too, especially when it comes to pronunciation. Thank you for sharing this wonderful sharing piece.
I had sleepless nights in year 3. Before that time, I struggled to transcribe words and sentences. Did you do connected speech? Ahhhh! Overall, somehow, I enjoyed the course.
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Ah, my lecture gave us sentences with big grammars for us to transcribe in the examination, some of my colleagues were sweating in the exams hall. It was God who helped us to pass that course. Phonology was interesting at the start, getting further becomes difficult.
I can totally relate to that. It took me long to finally learn the basics but I’m glad I did.
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Thanks for volunteering to impact knowledge
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This was very nice of you bro and I am sure they would come out in flying colours. To be honest,phonology is very hard and I am not even that good when it comes to explaining things to people so if it was to be me I probably would have just referred them another person I know could help them out which is actually crazy.
Whoa! You also did Phonology? We are plenty here.😂 Yeah, I hope they pass the course well.
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New students always have this special fear in them. Am so happy you were able to help them through that particular course and the crown of it is that what you revised came out and they did well.
God bless your good heart, I do wish you well in your project work
Hello there, Hivedeb. Thankfully I was there to guide my juniors. Thank you so much for your prayers.
Thanks for stopping by.
Honestly, it's a good thing when we help because somehow, I feel this rare kind of happiness after. It's one of the easiest ways to be happy but many still don't understand it.
I can relate to juniors seeking your help, it's like a favour that keeps rotating. Those you've helped will definitely help those behind them as well.
Exactly, George! It's an endless cycle. Those I helped will definitely help their juniors. I'm glad you also find joy in volunteering.
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Guy, I understand that feeling when your juniors come to you for help. You also have stuff to do but you have to keep it aside to help them because you know how it feels to be in that kind of helpless situation.
I hope you didn’t vibe the babes after.😂😂
Nhajiiiii! Hehe, my juniors respect me so much because I am always so nice to them.
No, I didn't vibe them, they came to learn.😂😂
That’s good to hear. Keep being you.❤️
Thank you!
Sharing knowledge is a moment i believe, when do so, there is high tendency to learn more through what you thought, this has happened to me several time.
Yeah, I believe so too.
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