There is a belief that high school programmes should include voluntary community service as a mandatory part of the curriculum. Though I believe it’s just the right attitude to be instilled in the youngsters these days, but I also hold the thought that the students can be given a choice to do so.
To begin with, it’s an irrefutable fact that our community has served us for a very long time in various ways and now it’s time for us to give back to the community. So, including community service in the school programme will definitely inculcate universal values among the students and help them understand its requirement. Undoubtedly, these young students are the ones who can make this world a better place to live in, so this approach will help build future citizens of the world. Furthermore, it’ll not only help in making a majority of students learn these essential values but, also help us safeguard our future.
That said, although this approach does help instill positive attitude among the high school children towards the community but, at the same time, it also deters the autonomy of a learner. This is because, anything made compulsory, makes it pressurizing for a child to learn something which he doesn’t really wish to. For instance, there may be a child who has other academic priorities at that point in time, and he doesn’t want to devote his time and energy in such programmes. So, instead of making anything obligatory, a child will learn at his best, if he’s given a choice of what or how to learn.
In conclusion, while such programmes and plans for students help them understand the need to serve the society, making it compulsory for them doesn’t leave much room for them to explore their true potential. So, I believe that instead of making it compulsory, the students could be given a choice to learn what they wish to.
There is a belief that high school
programmes
should include voluntary
community
service as a mandatory part of the curriculum. Though I believe it’s
just
the right attitude to
be instilled
in the youngsters these days,
but
I
also
hold the
thought
that the
students
can be
given
a choice to do
so
.
To
begin
with, it’s an irrefutable fact that our
community
has served us for a
very
long
time
in various ways and
now
it’s
time
for us to give back to the
community
.
So
, including
community
service in the school
programme
will definitely inculcate universal values among the
students
and
help
them understand its requirement.
Undoubtedly
, these young
students
are the ones who can
make
this world a better place to
live
in,
so
this approach will
help
build future citizens of the world.
Furthermore
, it’ll not
only
help
in making a majority of
students
learn
these essential values
but
,
also
help
us safeguard our future.
That said, although this approach does
help
instill
positive
attitude among the high school children towards the
community
but
, at the same
time
, it
also
deters the autonomy of a learner. This is
because
, anything made compulsory,
makes
it pressurizing for a child to
learn
something which he doesn’t
really
wish to.
For instance
, there may be a child who has other academic priorities at that point in
time
, and he doesn’t want to devote his
time
and energy in such
programmes
.
So
,
instead
of making anything obligatory, a child will
learn
at his best, if he’s
given
a choice of what or how to learn.
In conclusion
, while such
programmes
and plans for
students
help
them understand the need to serve the society, making it compulsory for them doesn’t
leave
much room for them to explore their true potential.
So
, I believe that
instead
of making it compulsory, the
students
could be
given
a choice to
learn
what they wish to.