Volunteerism for students in order to graduate
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A growing number of public schools in Italy require students to complete community service hours to graduate. Such volunteering, be it teaching in middle schools or working at a health-care facility or spending time with lonely elderly, has obvious benefits for the community and help students develop important life skills. However, in my opinion, making volunteerism compulsory misses the point of the act. By its definition, volunteer work is done willingly. By requiring students to do community service in order to graduate, schools are taking away students’ chance to give up their time for something they believe in, making volunteerism less meaningful and pleasurable. Furthermore, imposing community services can cause a negative rection, because students instead of focusing on the good they are doing, they would be upset due to the fact that they are there against their will and put very little effort in their job.
In conclusion, I think that students should at least be free to choose what kind of voluntary work they want to do and when.
A growing number of public schools in Italy require
students
to complete
community
service hours to graduate. Such volunteering, be it teaching in middle schools or working at a health-care facility or spending time with lonely elderly, has obvious benefits for the
community
and
help
students
develop
important
life
skills
.
However
, in my opinion, making volunteerism compulsory misses the point of the act. By its definition, volunteer work
is done
willingly
. By requiring
students
to do
community
service in order to graduate, schools are taking away
students’
chance to give up their time for something they believe in, making volunteerism less meaningful and pleasurable.
Furthermore
, imposing
community
services can cause a
negative
rection
,
because
students
instead
of focusing on the
good
they are doing, they would
be upset
due to the fact that they are there against their will and put
very
little
effort in their job.
In conclusion
, I
think
that
students
should at least be free to choose what kind of voluntary work they want to do and when.