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

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There is a belief that high school
students
 should already start contributing to society by participating in unpaid
community
 service. While
this
 is very beneficial to the development of a child and its
community
, there is a drawback to it.
This
 essay will
first
 discuss the benefits of
this
 idea and
then
 look at the downside.
First
 of all, having
children
 participate in
community
 work could give them more insights into their purposes in life. Whether doing charity work, brainstorming
an
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ideas on how to improve the landscape of the neighbourhood,
children
 can learn about their influence in society and various ways
in
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through which they can aid other people’s lives.
This
, in turn, helps guide them in their future endeavours, which could be doing a degree or working right after finishing high school. Another benefit that
community
 service can bring is educating
children
 about empathy and compassion. In
this
 abundant society, fortunate
children
 easily develop complacency and entitlement, which leads to a lack in having patience with others and the inability to put themselves in other’s shoes.
This
 could have detrimental consequences in their adult life, considering the fact that humans are highly social animals. In contrary to these positive notes,
children
 could misunderstand the purpose of
this
 activity, because of its compulsory nature. It is well known that mandatory subjects have a fairly negative connotation amongst adolescents.
Therefore
 if
community
 service was presented in a not so subtle way,
students
 could develop a distaste towards
this
 idea and potentially see it as redundant.
As a result
, if governments were to impose
such
 a rule, they would have to think carefully about how to present it to young people. In conclusion, schools have to find exciting ways to engage
students
 with
this
 activity, if they want to mandate their
students
 to do
community
 work. If it is done right,
children
 could obtain precious needed social skills to help them in their adulthood.
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