Community service is unpaid work that is meant to help people in a community. Examples of community service are tutoring younger students, volunteering at a community center, and helping elderly or disabled people with yard work or chores around their homes. Some states require that students complete a certain amount of hours in order to graduate and others do not. Certain groups in high school such as Student Council and National Honor Society require their members to help in their community, but it is not required of all the students.
Volunteering to help people in a community makes students good citizens and can make them feel better about themselves. It teaches them social and leadership skills. Students learn how to do new tasks and they may even become interested in a career working with the community. Also, it can help students stay physicaly healthy and increases self-esteem. Community service helps better the community and the people in it.
However, some students see it as a punishment since they do not have the option. They want to do other things with their free time and it can take away from sports or extracurricular activities. Some people do not find community service meaningful and do not get satisfaction from helping others. It can also add to their stress and be harmful to their mental health and cause poor grades.
I believe high school students should be required to complete community service hours in order to graduate, but I think the amount of hours should be low. It will give students the experience of helping others in their community and it will not take away a lot of time from other activities. If they decide they like it, they can do more.
Questions:
Do you think students should be required to do community service?
Do you think community service makes you a better person?
Do you do any kind of community service?
Sources:
https://www.mlive.com/opinion/kalamazoo/2011/08/should_high_school_students_be.html
https://brilliantio.com/why-should-volunteering-not-be-mandatory/
https://blog.prepscholar.com/what-is-community-service
Replies
Communtiy Service in my opinion would be a great thing to require. It teaches people on how to be a better person, it helps them feel good about themselves, and it would benifit the community. I don't see why not all schools require it. It would be a gret thing that would teach people valuable skills that could be ysed in the real world.
I liked your comment and I see your point about community service teaching people valuable skills that could be teached in the real world and helping students feeling good about themselves.
I didn't think we be required to do communtity service. However, it's good way punishment kids if they do something bad.
I think your comment is good, and I do agree that community service may be a good choice for students who get a detention and don't want to deal with it.
I think that students should have to do communtiy service if they are in a club or activity group that requires them to do it. I don't think it should be required for students to do community service to graduate. I see the good in it being reqired to help their community.
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