Mandatory Volunteering

Every year, high schoolers across the nation take place in hours upon hours of community service and volunteering to be able to get their diploma. Although many of them have many other things that they need to get done each night like homework, chores, sports and extracurriculars. Along with being busier than ever, high school students that are apart of low income families might need to work to help pay bills and get food on the table each night over volunteering. Some people also argue that volunteering isn’t actually volunteering if it’s required and it should be out of passion and interests, not to be able to graduate. Although some people may think that volunteering and community service should be mandatory, high school students should

And required community service hours hasn’t even been thrown into the mix. Grades could possibly go down since the high school students are spending the time they’re not in school trying to meet the hour requirement when they should be studying and doing homework. Instead of spending time with their families, students might be out trying to cram in the required amount of hours before they graduate. If just having to do community service isn’t enough, tracking hours can be a hassle, especially if you are rushing off to do your homework or going to a sports practice. People who are for mandatory community service say that it will help the students learn how to manage their time, but in this new millennium, high schoolers are busier than ever. Although, yes, it would let them learn how to manage their time, aren’t they already doiign just that with all of the homework, sports, chores, family time, after-school clubs and

As it’s becoming mandatory all around the Us, many kids will just be doing it to graduate high school. Even without the requirement of doing community service, many students will still go and volunteer. Yet, once they reach high school and they’re forced to do it, they might actually feel trapped. Many students and adults alike might feel pressure to do well when they are required to do something, whether it’s for school or for work. With the looming thought of it being required, students might actually not be enjoying their volunteering hours like they used to. Although some students, like Emily Fried, a 18 year old at Roslyn High School, were forced to do community service and ended up falling in love with it, that’s not the case for most