For several years now, the topic surrounding the obligatoriness of unpaid community
service
as a
part
of the high
school
curricula has been highly discussed. In my , opinion the inclusion of these types of activities in children's education can have a positive impact on their development.
This
essay will present several reasons that justify my point of view.
Firstly
, it is without a doubt a fact, that kids just cannot learn everything they need to succeed in their future, by just sitting in a classroom. It is essential for the younger generations to be exposed to real-life challenges, much like the ones that public
service
offers.
This
type of work provides students with a broader view of what life is like for people with lower possibilities, leading them to become not only more understanding of others that have less than them but
also
more responsible and aware of what they themselves have.
For instance
, after being questioned a large number of students from a
school
in Portugal claimed that after they took
part
in a soup kitchen they started to be more careful with the food they wasted because they knew some people struggled to feed themselves every day.
Secondly
, it is important not to discard the fact that community
service
still has a lot of negative stigmas because is many times connected to the idea that it serves as a punishment for criminals, which is a reality in some countries. By implementing
this
as a
part
of
school
education we can mitigate
this
assumption and make public
service
more appealing and
consequently
attract a larger number of volunteers.
For example
, my best friend parent's did not let her take
part
in painting our local supermarket because they saw on the news that juvenile delinquents from another city were forced to do
this
as
part
of their prison work so they thought
this
was not a fit activity.
In conclusion, I believe that making unpaid community
service
a
part
of teens' education has a positive impact not only on their personal development but
also
on the acquisition of features that will help them in their professional life later on.
Moreover
making these activities
part
of the
school
curricula will tone down the negative imputation it has
thus
far on some people's minds.