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