Community Service and Why It Should Be Required to Graduate English 11B 5th hour Nichole Sleight 3-31-14 Ever wonder why you didn’t get that job you wanted? How would you feel if you knew a recent high school graduate got that job because they were more qualified than you? High schoolers that do community service, that is required to graduate, are becoming more certified for jobs because they get all kinds of different experiences. From volunteering at the local gardens, giving service to the elderly and cleaning up the streets, they get to serve and put their time into the community. What is community service? The dictionary definition is: ‘Voluntary work, intended to be for the common good, usually done as part of an organized scheme.’ ("Collins English Dictionary" ) People all over the country are doing community service for church activities, scouts, and because its what the judge ordered. Why not have the students do this as well, there's definitely no shortage of service to be done. If someone wanted to become a dental hygienist after they graduated, they could volunteer at the local dentist office starting from the bottom, taking out the trash, and heading up to the top, and assisting the hygenist. They could ask questions, get real life experience and cut a few of their service hours off. This would help them get real life, up to date, knowledge they wouldn’t learn in the classroom with a text book. School alone can’t help you with every situation you will encounter later in life, service helps you build skills, and helps you, help your community. Employers look for things like community service, computer technology, and social skills when they look at a resume. Having things like this says that t... ... middle of paper ... ...heir things, or even clean up the bus after a traveling game. To get in these extra hours just have your coach or a teacher see you doing these things and sign off on your paper. Nothing like helping the school janitor. Some students leave trash at the table after lunch and leave it to the janitor to pick up. This takes up a lot of time on their part and not very nice on the students part. Some of the students, after their lunch, can go and help the janitors and pick up the trash around the seats and wipe the crumbs off the table. Do this every day and your service hours can add up fast and you don’t have to worry about it later. Having community service should be required in all high schools across America, for these reasons and many others. It wouldn’t just benefit the students, but employers, communities, the elderly, neighbors, friends, and relatives.
One way to ensure a civically engaged population is to nurture and promote amongst youth and teenagers the value of participating in one’s community, with the hope that involvement will continue into adulthood. Most school districts in Arizona do not require students to volunteer as a graduation requirement. Those that do, necessitate a number of hours to be completed and logged individually; for example, Deer Valley Unified School District in Maricopa County requires eight hours of volunteering during a student’s senior year. Of course any opportunity for one to help society should be applauded – however, this particular process negates cooperative long-term attachment to a beneficial project and does not incorporate knowledge learned in class, or apply meaning in a real-life context. The implementation of Service-learning programs into public school curriculum would uphold useful skills associated with community involvement and citizenship, as well as address problems in real settings rather than do repetitious tasks in seclusion.
If schools wanted to encourage community service then they shouldn’t force students to do it. Schools should let students know about volunteering opportunities and possibly let them sign up for the school so that it is easier for them to do so if they want
Another service that I have done has been to volunteer at the West Campus Hospital gift shop. It was a great experience for me; if I had the time I would make the effort to volunteer again. For people that is good at socializing with others and love organizing I would recommend volunteering at the gift shop.
Community service has become a requirement for an eighteen year old student to get admitted in an university or to pursue a paying job. Although I am involved in many community service, I personally believe that it should not be a requirement. A student should desire to work voluntarily. He or she should not be forced to perform the community service to make their college application look better. There are several learners who are against volunteering. The high school students have various things to see and learn. They should be able to help others by their own choice. They should not perform it just to graduate. Pressurizing can lead to have short-tempered apprentices which is not good.
Community service is a common service for people to take care of each other and volunteer. People apply to different community services: soup kitchen, taking care of children and homeless people, clinics, churches, schools, neighbor's house and many countless places to volunteer. Some people really enjoy to work at community services while others do not. These community services can be a punishment for criminals because a court assigns them to do so. However, some people do not agree with community service supporters. While some people believe that there should be a community service requirement for high school and college graduation because students need to learn and have experiences there, they are right; on the other hand, a community service requirement should be allowed for two reasons and not be allowed for another three reasons.
Community Service is a service that is performed for the benefit of the public or its institutions. There are two groups who perform community service, and those are criminals and the rest of us. This means that, for the majority of us, performing community service is completely voluntary. It is for this reasons li that I believe that community service should not be mandatory in high school for graduation. The supporters of this act think of it as an ideal society’s noble concept, but it is rather a noble concept trying to force an ideal society. When you look at it from this perspective you realize it is ironic.
Nothing is more self-gratifying than putting a smile on someone’s face. Some people out there in high school communities are looking for direction when it comes to things to engage in. One of the most important ways that a kid can get involved in their area is by volunteering. Volunteering and giving back time to those in need can greatly benefit any high school student. These days, many colleges and employers put a huge emphasis into looking at volunteering applicants on resumes (US News and World Report.com, Lines 33-34).
In order to develop and grow in these ways it should be mandatory for university undergraduates to complete a set number of community service hours. By requiring university undergraduates to complete a set number of community service hours they will not only enhance their learning academically and learn new life skills, but also have an opportunity to become more involved in their
On average, when people think about community service, they assume that volunteering is just ‘hours we need to be able to graduate’ and that is it. Community service is more than just hours; community service is based on the acts performed by someone with the purpose of helping or bringing benefits to his or her community. People frequently compare community service as a punishment since it is often offered to small-time offenders as an alternative to fines or jail time. However, community service is the vital force to many communities since they depend on the service made by the volunteers to be able to grow (The Importance of Volunteers). Nowadays, the words “community service” and “volunteering” are being used constantly. People tend to forget or misunderstand the real meaning or significance of volunteering. By exploring the history and significance of volunteering in the United States, people can develop a culture of volunteering and enrich their lives and make a positive social contribution.
Raising community awareness to students will teach them the importance of being involved in the community. Students being able to give back to the community will prepare them for their journey to being a positive role model or servant leader.
Did you know that only 50 percent of teens in the United States volunteer because they have the passion to do it? The other half of teens do volunteering just for college, a Scholarship, or it being a requirement. The numbers have been dropping since 2004, so schools and colleges should mandate students to volunteer in communities to become more social, to help your career and to put less stress on others.
Though, the concept of community service is not very new its importance has developed in the past few years. There are thousands of organizations all over the world that engage and hold millions of young people all through the world. People of all age groups, with a maximum number of youth are involved in the process of community service. Community-based organizations include; social service organizations, non-profit providers and associations that engage both young people as well adults as volunteers. The process is beneficial both for the individuals as well as the society. Without community service people would not know the meaning of charity and giving back. Community service can be defined as a service that is performed for the benefit of the public. Community service is not a responsibly or an obligation; it is a commitment. A person must want to do it with good intentions and not because they are being forced to do so. Basically, community service is a way for a person to give back to a community in which they live.
Usually people volunteer to help out the community and if school districts began to mandate that, then is it really community service? Community service should be done genuinely and for the goodness of others. High schools like Mineola High School have started giving out awards and certificates to students who have helped them win a grant for their high school based on community service hours (Saslow, 1994, para 30). This completely changes the meaning behind community service. Students begin to see it as a competition so they can win the most awards for community service and that service is no longer done for the goodness of others. Instead, it’s being done for selfish reasons which contradicts the reason why high schools want to require community service.
Volunteer: a person who does work without getting paid to do it (Merriam, Webster). The act of volunteering gives people a sense of responsibility and makes one feel needed and useful to society, one way or another. Students should be obligated to give back to their communities through acts of community service. It should be viewed from the perspective of paying their dues back to the community, after all, the education of these students is free and it is the community that pays for it. Community service should be a mandatory high school graduation requirement because it builds ones character, limits the rate of teenage delinquency, and establishes a path for a better future as an individual.
Many schools have come to the conclusion of deciding to make community service a graduation requirement. This idea is thoroughly well-intentioned and grasps the fact that many in the country want to improve the value of today 's youth by instilling in them a bone of charity and self-sacrifice for the betterment of society. It is true that if we all thought this way, America would be much easier to live in and would reduce the polarization of the two political parties. However, forcing children to perform community service is a sort of affirmative action, well intentioned, but counterproductive. The issue with this is that one cannot force someone to be charitable. It