The Importance Of Mandatory In Schools

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Should schools make community service mandatory?

Should student service learning hours be mandatory for high school graduation by Claire Koenig is article that it's saying that people to graduate from that school have to do community service to be a highschool graduate. Schools shouldn't make community service mandatory for the students at school. Students should have the right to do it or not. It's not fair for the students by having mandatory community service many students will able to spend free time on their free time many students will be having lack of focus many students aren't necessary on doing community service it won't really help them students should not graduate just because they are doing community

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