Martin Luther King Jr. once said in a letter written from Birmingham Jail, "Whatever affects one directly, affects us all indirectly." For instance, think about smoking a cigarette. by smoking just one cigarette is proving King's point. One cigarette can worsen the health of the person smoking it, yet it can also worsen the health of the people around that are inhaling the second hand smoke. Many people who choose to smoke, also opt to throw their unwanted filters outside on the ground. These people are one of the many causes of why so many high schools are requiring their graduating seniors to complete a certain amount of volunteer work before they can acquire their diploma.
"Because many high schools are now requiring each of their seniors to do a certain amount of volunteer work, we are noticing a significant change in our environment, and a changein the lives' of people of all different ages", quoted a family friend,Randi Sims. As she said this, I began to understand the point of view that she had. Maybe the seniors that were required to volunteer really were making a big difference in the lives of oth
Incentives are a good way to go I think. When I was in high school, if i wanted to I could volunteer for exemption points. Every senior wanted to get eight exemption points for each class, because if they did not then they had to take their finals at the end of the year. This was a very good way to get almost fifty percent of my graduating class to do a little community service. If the administration would have made eachand every one of us volunteer for our community, I thikn that there would have been more than a handful of kids that would have not have graduated. Volunteering means giving back to the community for free, not for money, and for that matter, not for a diploma either.
ers around them. Whether it be picking up the nasty cigarette filters off the side of the sreet, or tutoring a little second grader after school, it was still affecting the commity in a positive way. It is also a good opportunity for these seniors to get out into the real world. This is their chance to explore the many vast job opportunities that we have here in the Unitied States. By participating in this type of a program could b
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