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Chris Chamber Admin.
Join date : 2010-01-30 Location : Oak Park, Michigan Posts : 23201 Rep : 330
| Subject: Should community service be mandatory to graduate high school? Tue Apr 19, 2011 9:36 am | |
| What do you think about it being mandated that a high school student must serve a minimum of twenty hours of community service over the course of their four years in order to be eligible to graduate? | |
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Marc™ …is a Chamber DEITY.
Join date : 2010-01-30 Location : Michigan Posts : 12006 Rep : 212
| Subject: Re: Should community service be mandatory to graduate high school? Tue Apr 19, 2011 11:30 am | |
| Mandatory? No. But I do think schools should give out credit for it....and I think they do. | |
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2xy …is an Up 'N Comer.
Join date : 2011-03-03 Location : Providence, RI Posts : 289 Rep : 22
| Subject: Re: Should community service be mandatory to graduate high school? Tue Apr 19, 2011 3:50 pm | |
| - Marc™ wrote:
- Mandatory? No. But I do think schools should give out credit for it....and I think they do.
^^^This. (pssst!....you graduate "from" high school....sorry, pet peeve) | |
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RedBedroom …is a Chamber DEITY.
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| Subject: Re: Should community service be mandatory to graduate high school? Tue Apr 19, 2011 4:44 pm | |
| I think it should be mandatory. I think that kids have to be creative in some instances in what venues they find, and I think that is a lesson in finding solutions and thinking outside the box. It is a good experience for them when many times they do something that they may not relate to any future career goals, but gives them a chance to see what something outside their taste is like. | |
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Forgiveness Man …is a Chamber Royal.
Join date : 2010-06-25 Location : Chilling on your sofa Posts : 6657 Rep : 153
| Subject: Re: Should community service be mandatory to graduate high school? Tue Apr 19, 2011 5:00 pm | |
| Encouraged maybe, but not mandatory. | |
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Nystyle709 ...is a 20G Chamber DIETY.
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| Subject: Re: Should community service be mandatory to graduate high school? Tue Apr 19, 2011 6:49 pm | |
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Impact …is a Power Member.
Join date : 2010-01-31 Location : Rochester, MN Posts : 2570 Rep : 75
| Subject: Re: Should community service be mandatory to graduate high school? Tue Apr 19, 2011 8:45 pm | |
| 20 hours over 3 or 4 years is nothing. I don't think it would hurt them, so yes. | |
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Alan Smithee ...is a 20G Chamber DIETY.
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CatEyes10736 …is a Power Member.
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| Subject: Re: Should community service be mandatory to graduate high school? Wed Apr 20, 2011 12:33 am | |
| I don't think it's a bad idea, really. Everyone takes from society in some way or another, so why not teach kids that giving back sometime is the right thing to do. And 20 hours over 4 years, like Impact said, is piddly. That's five hours every year. Would it kill them? | |
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TSJFan4Ever …is a Chamber Royal.
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| Subject: Re: Should community service be mandatory to graduate high school? Thu Apr 21, 2011 5:36 am | |
| 20 hours over 4 or 5 years is nothing. I think it's a great way to get kids out and involved and contributing to society, rather than just taking from it. Even 20 hours a year would be fine. | |
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