Community Service In High School

In order to be successful in school, there should be a minimum requirement for high school students to do four hours of community service a week. Community service not only benefits students when looking for scholarships, but also helps apply what they learn in school to the real world. Volunteering helps students expand and practice on skills they have learned in school such as leadership and teamwork. Students who do community service learn to develop leadership skills as well as teamwork skills and this allows them to succeed not only in school, but also in careers and more community involvements. Participating in community service also helps students learn how to solve problems on their own because it is a real life experience. Volunteering helps students be successful in school because it builds a sense of responsibility, confidence, and helps students with scholarships to succeed for their future. I myself, for example, am a high school student who has done volunteer work at the public library.

My responsibility was to organize books onto the correct shelves and sections.

What I once thought was an impossible job, organizing so many books, people helped me understand the work process which made me gain self-confidence that I was able to produce in my work. Part of that confidence was also a sense of pride because I was responsible for placing books onto the shelves that many people come to read. Now that I have done my volunteer work, when I apply for scholarships and colleges, I can mention my volunteer experience and the hours I did. Although many students would rather spend four hours of their lives doing something else, those who do community service work will learn to use important characteristics such as, confidence, sense of responsibility, and scholarships, that will help them be successful not only in school, but also in future careers and

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Anaheim High School should offer more workshops to the students. Having workshops, gives the opportunity to learn about new topics and ideas. This would also benefit them by surrounding them with a learning environment. Many would argue that students would not attend, but if even one student were to attend that would still make a difference in someone’s life. They do not realize that there are students who are willing to learn and receive help because they are concerned about their future, and want to be successful. These students are not afraid nor lazy and would stay after school in the workshops to learn and understand what it is they have to do. The workshops would vary. Some would be about teaching students how to apply to college, how to make connections in the real world, how to get involved with the city, how to get scholarships and many more topics that would help them in the near future. All of which are applicable to real life. At Anaheim High School there are workshops that are offered to the students in specific programs. They are not offered to everyone, but many need the extra help. AHS should make it mandatory for all students to attend three or more workshops per semester. This would expand the self-discipline of getting the students to care for their education. Going to workshops should offer credits when completed which would benefit the student in two ways. It would benefit them by giving them more knowledge and credits for graduation.