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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 young children). To what extent do you agree or disagree?

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Many individuals say that high schools should put a compulsory
course
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 about
community
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service
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 in which
students
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 should work for a charity, improve the
neighborhood
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 or
teach
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 sports to young children for free. I disagree with
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 statement, and I think
disadvantages
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the disadvantages
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 of
this
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 kind of
course
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 outweigh the advantages. There are several advantages
for
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 unpaid
community
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service
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.
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, teenagers are pressured to manage their time between their homework and
community
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service
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, so from high
school
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 they learn time management.
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, they learn they should take some responsibility for their tasks.
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, when some
students
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 work for a charity, their manager gives some jobs and a description of the job to do it.
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, they have to do that task effectively and efficiently.
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, being in other places
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 of schools affects social skills like communication and networking because pupils find out they cannot treat people like their friends.
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, unpaid
community
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service
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 has some disadvantages.
Students
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 should just care about their education and try to pass their exams in the best way. Having
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 a
course
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 might affect their marks because after many hours in
school
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 they get tired and if they have to work in another place they get exhausted so they cannot do their homework. Schools should put
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 courses in a voluntary way and encourage pupils to take
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them
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. Because some
students
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 are not willing to do
such
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community
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service
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, and if they have to do it, they might find a way to ditch that. In conclusion, some people think that
community
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service
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 without any salary should be a compulsory part of high school courses.
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 kind
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, of course,
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 has some benefits and drawbacks, and I think the drawbacks outweigh the benefits.

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