Many people dream of having a stable job or career, a loving family, and exceptional health, and they call this ¨The American dream¨. But will those people be able to accomplish their goals if one year of their life were to be taken away after high school? Civil service includes volunteer work and military service, therefore performing civil service for a year after high school would result in, a upheaval from people that disagree with the action, can affect or slow down people's career plan, and can affect someone emotionally. Civil service for a year after high school is not needed it would just be insignificant, and not worth it. First, age does not define physical and emotional maturity. It is know that when a person hits the age of …show more content…
High school prepares students for the job or career they wish to have when the graduate, and many students set a goal or plan. For instance, attending college and university, or whatever other job they hope to have, but many careers take years to accomplish some even 10 years, so many students like to start immediately after they graduate so that they don’t finish college when they are 30. For this reason, having the obligation of attending the military or volunteer services would hurt the plan of those students that wish big things in their future. Some americans believe that with one year of civil service there is a possibility that many high school graduates will choose to enter the military which would result in more soldiers in the U.S military and would benefit our country. On the contrary, the U.S already has enough people in the military there are close to 1.4 million people serving in the U.S. armed forces. Money and time would be put into the training of those to be soldiers that are just going to be in the military for a year, instead they should direct that money and time to those people who want a career and are going to spend the rest of their lives doing what they love. Therefore congress should allow high school graduates to fulfil their dreams in the career path they want to achieve after high school rather than wasting a year of their lives doing what they don't
The effect community service has on both the school and the student are, in most cases, negative, strictly because of the ‘forced’ aspect of it. Students should not have to feel enslaved when trying to pass high school, especially since many other school districts do not have a
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
High School Students should be allowed to join the military, because it is a way to pay for college expenses. College is expensive. The military has many programs to help pay for all different kinds of college expenses (Kingsbury). The first is going to college after active duty. This means the individual has to serve a certain number of years before he can retire and go to college. The average number of years is four, during which he still receive education and training (Yuengling). The post 9/11 GI bill help pays for tuition, room and board, and gives a food allowance each month. Another benefit of the bill is that if it is unused, the children of the individual can share the money from the bill (Sander). This would relieve many worries about paying for the children’s college. The individual must stay in the military for a certain number of years before he may choose to do so. The individual may also share the GI bill with a significant other, after a certain number of years. Since the beginning of the bill, over 3,000 institutions have accepted a...
High school students should not have to serve one hundred hours of community to graduate because they already have enough on our plates as it is. Most teens already have multiple things going on in there lives. Adding on one more extra requirement onto the hectic schedules of these teens will cause an overload. The school piles kids down with homework and also expects students to study in order to get good grades, which it should be expected, but that is the limit for most. For example, lets say and average teenager who has to pay for their own care and gas and also other e...
The United States Military is a good choice for many people after high school. The military gives you opportunities, and training that no other career or college could provide. Going into college before being enlisted will help greatly later in life. Some people do not know exactly what they need to enter these types of fields of study and work.
Finally, when the average American high school graduate steps into the real world and wonders what to do with his life, wondering if going to college is the best choice or wanting to jump into the white/blue collar world. Unfortunately, most don’t have the sufficient funds or the essential experience. That’s why I would recommend them to join the army, because after the completion of
On June 14, 1775, the United States Military was officially established. Since then, billions of people have enlisted and protected our country from countless enemies. Young men and women are constantly stepping out of their comfort zone to become one of the many proud soldiers who defend our freedom and safeguard our rights. People have begun a debate on whether it should be mandatory to serve at least one year in the military after high school and before college. Many think this is an invasion of freedom, others think it may teach valuable lessons important for later life.
To start, I entirely oppose the thought of compelling all high school graduates to serve in the military or any type of civil service, because it seizes the opportunity to let graduates begin their life careers. Additionally, mandatory service is removing a person's free will, which goes against what our nation stands for. Therefore, we should not impose young individuals into any sort of civil service. In all honestly, I believe that all military effort should be on a volunteer basis. On the other hand, publicity may think that sending adolescents into civil services can be educational and promote national unity, but in my opinion, it is only placing those children's lives at risk.
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.
People may argue that if one joins the military before college they will not get the same college experience as their friends,But that doesnt matters. People also feel as if one may not be mentally ready for the military. There are certain skills and abilities one must enherit throughout college that may help prepare for whats to come in the future. One last argument is that if you join the military before school your not bound to get the MOS ( job ) you desire. Conversly , The pros of joining the military before college outweighs the cons of joining the military before
I am strongly opposed to the idea of mandatory civil service for citizens who have graduated from high school. This is because mandatory civil service is a violation of our rights and also because young adults right out of high school have no experience and have a lot of other things to go out and pursue. Mandatory civil service may help out the country in some small ways but there are much better ways to instill the same effects into our nation. In fact, there will be almost no support from the citizens of the US because this idea goes against the principles that Americans fought for in the Cold War. Mandatory civil service will not advance our government but instead, undo the hard work done to create this successful government.
More than two decades ago, President Nixon ended the military draft. Now a new and more menacing form of enlistment is threatening our school systems. This enlistment I am speaking of is that we are forcing "community service" to be a requirement for high school graduation.
Secondly, as grim a fact as it is, we need to consider that students are already struggling as it is on average. Outside the education realm, students might have to deal with issues such as social status, self-esteem, up-and-down relationships with friends or significant others, or even worse parents, which could lead to a whole other batch of problems alone. Of course, assuming none of these problems arise, we find that they most of all struggle with their education. According to a speech given by President Obama, 1.2 million students drop out of high school every year. If you add more requirements for graduation can we really expect any better? Let’s certainly not forget that many schools probably shouldn’t have more on their plate either. Around 2,000 high schools make up 60% of these drop outs. That means 12% of all American high schools have a high concentration of problems, and if they can’t do their basic function of teaching them how can we expect them to handle mandatory community service?
In conclusion, people should not think too much about what they will do with their lives. The United States government and its magnificent military should be the invisible hand that guides every able adult in the nation. It will good for the people as it will ensure every person gains valuable skills and an opportunity to succeed in the world. It will also ensure that their families will be taken care of, removing most of the responsibility from the nation’s social services. That money would best be spent on the new recruit’s uniform!
In an article written by Linda Saslow titled High School Mandating Community Service for Graduation, she mentions the many pros to mandatory community service. Saslow mentions school districts like Roslyn and Hewlett-Woodmere (1994, para 3) that have started requiring high school students to complete a certain number of community service hours in order to graduate high school. Their goal is to give “kids the opportunity for new experiences” (Saslow, 1994, para 4). Through research conducted by the school districts, they have come to the conclusion that students who would’ve been “too shy to volunteer have admitted that they were glad they had been forced”. This is good because it’s bringing students together and really opening them up to new