I'm sorry, that's just not service

So yesterday had the makings of a wonderful day. Class was going to be spent doing trail work. That's always exciting. So we get to the nature preserve (80-some acres donated by some guy that liked the college. So now we own it for walks, reasearch, camping, snow fun, what have you) and we get our tools and walk up. It takes us a good hour to hike to the part that needs work (class is two and a half hours...math anyone??? that's right 30 minutes of actual work) and the guide spends a good five minutes explaining what we're doing, how to use the tools, etc. Finally I get to do something which was????? Raking leaves in the forest. Yeah. Service. And most of that was spent waiting for the guide ahead of us to find where we were supposed to be raking. THen we went back to the bus. Total time spent on "service trip" = 150 minutes. Total time "doing service" = mayyyyyyybe 20 minutes. And my favorite part, people complaining about the work we had to do. I think the lesson I learned was that of true self-appreciation, and gained new insight into what it means to give a year of your life to service. I can't wait til we go "camping" next week.