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

It has been suggested that unpaid

community

service

,

for example

, working for a charity, should be compulsory in high

school

.

This

is beneficial for high

school

students as they can learn

teamwork

and may have a sense of inspiration.

Firstly

, we all know that by assigning group tasks to the students is the way they learn

teamwork

. But, using real life situations will make students deeply understand how

teamwork

is. From my personal experience, I joined one of the

community

services with my classmates at one rural primary

school

. My duties were taking care of primary

school

students during breaks and taking photos. Before the

service

began, we had lots of meetings and preparations as we didn’t want anything to go wrong. During that time, no one was lazy and everyone was very hard-working. When the day came, the experience at

school

was great and we had no serious problem.

This

program has nurtured me to understand that if we are joining together to get things done, we will get things done. So, it is important for high

school

students to learn

teamwork

through real-life

community

service

.

Moreover

, by visiting real communities, especially in the rural areas, high

school

students can feel the real problems

instead

of memorizing them from the textbooks. And

this

importance makes some universities encourage their students to organize

community

services.

For example

, the National University of Singapore has now partnered with various charities around the globe, sending its students to the rural areas,

for instance

, West Africa and Southeast Asia.

Then

, students help those communities through their works

such

as repairing houses and teaching English to villagers. After they come back to the university, not only experience which they brought, but

also

, ideas to create innovations to solve those problems they saw during their time in the

community

service

, too. So, gaining ideas and inspirations is achievable through

community

services. In conclusion,

teamwork

and inspiration are results from involvement in social works. These benefit students to grow and become mature, responsible and inspired.

Therefore

, it is recommended for high schools to implement the compulsory

community

service

.