Many citizens do not consider that ad honorem community service should be an obligatory subject in school. In my view all teenagers should work for their town, this could be as easy as cleaning up the neighbourhood, teaching sports for young kids or reading books for the elderly at nursing homes. Before graduation volunteer jobs should be compulsory but despite not getting paid they should certainly receive credits and positive references for entering the university.
From a social point of view, working for others as a volunteer can make you interact and gain new friends as you do so. Organizing events for charity institutions or sports activities for kids would prepare teenagers for adult life which is practically a coordinated and demanding tight schedule. Helping your neighbour can be very fulfiling and this actions can also cure and prevent teenager depression, drugadiction, alcoholism and can even get kids away from stealing and commiting crimes. Ir is for sure community service consume studying and playing hours but it also teaches time management and socializing skills.
When my kids were 12 and 14 they used to spend lots of hours playing video games, chatting with friends online and eating junk food. They were helpful, lovely kids but they had become couch potatoes and I did not know what to do to help. After reading and investigating for some weeks I proposed the school principal a list of activities for their advanced classes to do. I wanted to help not only my boys but also the rest of their classmates. I organized small jobs such as, reading books for senior neighbours, gardening activities downtown, joining the red cross and the school accepted the proposal and since then many kids have earned credits and skills not only for university but mainly for adulthood.
As a teenager specialist, as I consider myself after raising two now social and adapted to community grownups, community service is a rock in our personality construction, it is needed to grow healthy and being able to adapt and be part of a community full of other to interact so it should be compulsory at highschool in every school of the world.
Many
citizens do not consider that ad
honorem
community
service should be an obligatory subject in
school
. In my view all
teenagers
should work for their town, this could be as easy as cleaning up the
neighbourhood
, teaching sports for young
kids
or reading books for the elderly at nursing homes.
Before
graduation volunteer jobs should be compulsory
but
despite not getting paid they should
certainly
receive credits and
positive
references for entering the university.
From a social point of view, working for others as a volunteer can
make
you interact and gain new friends as you do
so
. Organizing
events
for charity institutions or sports activities for
kids
would prepare
teenagers
for adult life which is
practically
a coordinated and demanding tight schedule. Helping your
neighbour
can be
very
fulfiling
and this actions can
also
cure and
prevent
teenager
depression,
drugadiction
, alcoholism and can even
get
kids
away from stealing and
commiting
crimes. Ir is for sure
community
service consume studying and playing hours
but
it
also
teaches time management and socializing
skills
.
When my
kids
were 12 and 14 they
used
to spend lots of hours playing video games, chatting with friends online and eating junk food. They were helpful, lovely
kids
but
they had become couch potatoes and I did not know what to do to
help
. After reading and investigating for
some
weeks I proposed the
school
principal a list of activities for their advanced classes to do. I wanted to
help
not
only
my boys
but
also
the rest of their classmates. I organized
small
jobs such as, reading books for senior
neighbours
, gardening activities downtown, joining the red cross and the
school
accepted
the proposal and since then
many
kids
have earned credits and
skills
not
only
for university
but
mainly
for adulthood.
As a
teenager
specialist, as I consider myself after raising two
now
social and adapted to
community
grownups,
community
service is a rock in our personality construction, it
is needed
to grow healthy and being able to adapt and be part of a
community
full of other to interact
so
it should be compulsory at
highschool
in every
school
of the world.