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Some people think that all teenagers should be required to do unpaid work in their free time to help the local community. They believe this would benefit both the individual teenager and society as a whole. Do you agree or disagree?

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Many people believe that all teenagers should be obliged to contribute to the local community on an unpaid basis
since
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for
this
 would be beneficial for both individuals and society. I disagree that we should force all young people
to do
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do
 unpaid
work
 and expect social gaining from it. In my opinion, most young people have already been burdened with much pressure from their curricula and extra-activities. Academic performance-
centered
being or placed in the center
centred
 schooling is now as demanding as a full-time job
since
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for
 educators always push their students to catch up with the grind.
Otherwise
, they might leave themselves behind with their studies. When teenagers can spare some time, they should be encouraged to engage in leisure pursuits.
For example
, participating in a sports team or joining an art class would equip them with opportunities to hone teamwork skills or excavate the art prodigy from within that could go
along
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a long
 way in life.
Additionally
, they have many years of working ahead of them after their graduation. At the same time, I do not believe that society would reap much from forcing teenagers to do unpaid
work
. It would be paradoxical to have young people do unsalaried
work
 without letting them make their own decisions while other people doing the same
work
 can get paid. Doing
this
 would trigger resentment among teenagers and their parents since it goes against an equal society's values.
Furthermore
, without any remunerative encouragement, teenagers tend to opt out of responsibilities and do things in a
lackluster
lacking brilliance or vitality
lacklustre
 manner, which would lead to
counter-productive
tending to hinder the achievement of a goal
counterproductive
 results. In conclusion, I disagree that ones with power should not force young people
to do
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to work
work
 without pay since that would not be beneficial as expected.
Instead
, teenagers should be encouraged to
work
 on a volunteer basis.
Submitted by Andy on

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