Vantaggi
The kids are amazing. You get to spend a lot of time with the kids, before school, during school, and after-school. You get to know students, their abilities, and their interests. The intention behind the organization is great: to tutor students to bring them up to grade level (gradually, with consistent support) and to provide enriching extra curricular experiences for them after school.
Svantaggi
The work hours are too long and the constraints are stultifying. Corps member wellness is neglected, inviting problems that the staff are unequipped and unwilling to provide support for. Creativity, enthusiasm, and compassion are stifled, while disciplinarian, authoritarian, and regimented attitudes are imposed. The program is exploitative. You can make more money, work fewer hours, and have a better quality of life working at a minimum wage job. You can contribute more effectively to a classroom or group of students by volunteering regularly on your own time.