Some people believe that unpaid community service should be a compulsory part of high school programmes. To what extent do you agree or disagree ?

Nowadays, an increasing number of people opine that it is necessary to integrate unpaid community service into high

school

curriculum.

This

idea is practical to some extent, as will be discussed as follows. In the

first

place, several negative consequences can arise when implementing

such

program.

Firstly

, by doing these social helping jobs without getting paid, high

school

students might have the feeling of dissatisfaction. If

this

happens regularly, especially in adverse weather

such

as under the scorching sunlight of summer, some will eventually find that their time and efforts have been wastefully used to gain nothing good, not even a single dollar. To be more exact, they fail to recognize the true purposes of these activities.

Secondly

, students are supposed to learn subjects and perform well at schools as their sole goal.

Hence

, some students will protest against combining these services to

school

mandatory curriculum.

On the other hand

, the main benefit of

this

statement is that high

school

students will probably be well aware of the importance of improving the life quality of society at

such

young age.

Therefore

, they will become more mature and more responsible later on. By performing unpaid community service as an obligatory aspect of education, students can have a deeper understanding about many unfortunate walks of life and be more grateful to those who are making continuous efforts to make our life better.

For example

, when helping to clean the surrounding environment of a particular residence,

such

as sweeping leaves and getting rid of litter,

school

students can be more compassionate towards environmental cleaners. In my view, these social helping activities can play a crucial role in the character development of students. In conclusion, I still favour

this

idea as its advantages outweigh its disadvantages. With a proper instruction from

school

managers, the original aim of

this

idea will be fulfilled in the long term.