Some people believe that unpaid community service should be a compulsory part of high school programmers (for example working for a charity, improving the neighbourhood or teaching sports to younger children). To what extent do you agree or disagree?

There are people who think that unpaid
community
service should be obliged for high
school
students. I totally agree with
this
, because helping as a volunteer can learn, a student useful skill and it can
also
bring great effort to a
community
.
Firstly
, working as a volunteer can learn students skills they will not learn at
school
. Useful skills,
such
as caring for the elderly, cleaning
community
buildings or serving the people in need are not usually
part
of a high
school
curriculum.
Although
these skills do not seem immediately necessary to get high scores, they will attribute to the future of students.
For instance
, they might once be
part
of a small
community
and knowing already how to serve a
community
will give them a
headstart
Suggestion
head start
.
Furthermore
, students taking
part
in ordinary daily
community
life can bring a great effort into it.
Instead
of just hanging around the campus, partying and chilling out with other students, a sort of "
community
duty" can help them come out of their comfort zone and serve the place they live in.
For example
, lots of
community
service in the Netherlands always are in great need of volunteers. Sometimes they even need to cancel events or services because of the shortage of people. In conclusion, making unpaid
community
service a compulsory
part
of high
school
can help both the students as the
community
. I strongly believe that
this
may serve students, because they gain new skills that they will not learn at
school
and it may serve the
community
by bringing lots of workforces to help them with their work.

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Topic Vocabulary:
  • unpaid community service
  • compulsory part
  • high school programs
  • sense of duty
  • social responsibility
  • essential life skills
  • teamwork
  • communication
  • leadership
  • work experience
  • employable
  • community improvement
  • local community
  • time management
  • empathy
  • compassionate attitude
  • diversion from academics
  • critics argue
  • varying quality
  • inconsistency
  • students’ experiences
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