Mandatory Community Service To Graduate High School

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In Montgomery County, it is required that students must earn 75 hours of community service in order to graduate high school. Most students are not in favor of volunteer hours being mandatory because students believe 75 hours is too many to earn before graduation. I am in favor of mandatory community service hours. Community service allow students to gain experience with the outside world and learn the true meaning of giving to the community. It also helps students find their true passion in what they want to do for the future. Community service can help students find their passion for their future job. In “ Volunteer Work Opends Teen’s Eyes to Nursing” The Detroit News states that Prueter, a thirteen-year-old boy, “hopes …show more content…

Studies also state that it can only negatively affect students if the requirements were strict. For example, if a school required a certain amount of hours in only tutoring other kids or feeding the homeless and kids do not have a choice, then that is when students start to dislike volunteering their time to the community. It is more likely for students wanting to volunteer if there are activities they are interested in. For example, one might like sports so it would be best if the student is involved with an activity to do with sports and later on it can help them figure out what they want to do for the future; they might gain a passion for coaching. If students had a choice in what they want to volunteer in then the requirements they need to meet should not be the problem because they will be doing something they enjoy. Another problem students may have with mandatory requirements is that there is not enough time to complete the 75 hours. Of course high school students have busy lives with friends, homework, sports, clubs, and much more, but students can start earning hours when they get into 6th grade; students have 7 years to complete 75 hours of community service. It is not that students do not have time to complete the hours they are simply not using their time wisely, until they wait to enter junior or senior year to get it

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