The requirement to fulfill several hours of community service, in order to graduate, doesn’t allow a student to focus solely on their academic graduation requirements. Therefore, this policy should not be instituted in Mt. Hope High School.

First off, isn’t the satisfaction you get from doing community service because you did it voluntarily? Community service is defined as: a voluntary act of kindness that benefit’s the community physically, economically, socially, etc. Now, if a gra

Finally, how many students do you think will actually do the community service? If, in fact, all you need is a note signed by someone that you voluntarily helped, why not just write a note and forge a signature. Despite stereotypical opinions, teenagers are very intelligent and will find some way around the system. Lets say (just to be a little optimistic) that a student does actually do the community service. Is a person that doesn’t want to be doing something going to do it the best they can? The answer is, probably not. For instance, a teenager who is forced to spend several hours helping the elderly or even babysitting young children is not going to take care of them as best they can. They may neglect the children or forget to give the elderly their medication. This puts the lives of the people receiving the services in danger. Quite frankly, forcing teens to do community service is not worth the risk of endangering someone’s life.

Secondly, som

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