Community Service In The United States

Many schools require students to participate in community service, but I think this is a good idea. Many schools do not require students to volunteer in community service. I agree that students should have to volunteer to graduate. I think that students should be forced to volunteer for community service sometime in their high school career as it makes people work and shows them what work really is. It also gets people off there lazy tail.

If something is being forced on to somebody most people will not find joy in doing it. Many people volunteer for they joy of helping and to get a sense of being able to give back to their community. Mandatory volunteering would take that away. Volunteering, if forced, would now seem like a job and undermine its value, as stated in The Heart of Service, paragraph 2. People would be

I believe in a broad definition of community service, one that includes not only charitable and service

Perspective is everything. You need to think about one thing in different perspectives. Imagine walking into a neighborhood with people that are in situations, such as, being hungry or in poverty and you are wealthy so you do nothing. However, if you were living in their shoes, you would be begging for a meal or even a roof over your head. This is the reason why there needs to be more volunteers for community service to help others that do need the help, even if they don’t ask for it. In this article, “Should the United States Establish Mandatory Public Service for Young Adults?” by Kent Ansen (2013), the proposition that the author made is an interesting one and one that I believe in but I think that it should be suggested rather than mandatory.

I believe that the United States should perform one year of community service by the age of 30. The reason why i think that is because i think it would help people understand eachother and bring us all closer together in many ways. One way is that it would pay good so there would be less homeless and less people fighting to feed there families. I believe that kids and odulats would be more thankfull and respectfull for what they have and try harder to become something after they see what they can do.

Volunteering has been an essential part of my life in the past few years. As an immigrant to Canada, I deemed it my responsibility to serve my community here and back home. Hence when I got ample of opportunities to get involved I always seized them.

In Dave Egger’s article “Serve or Fail’ he explains how college students should be required to volunteer for public service. Dave Egger’s describes how many college students spend most of their time doing things that aren't necessary such as “ maybe they're in their rooms, painting their toenails black with a Q-tip and shoe polish.”(180) I do not agree with Dave Egger’s that students should do community service hours because they are several reasons why they won't be able to. Many college students have families to take care of, jobs they have to work in order to pay off bills or attend school classes and etc.

I know from other experiences that volunteers really make a difference in people’s lives. Volunteering is something that everyone should want to do, and the benefits are a great part too. I have learned through my church family different ways to feel “needed” on this earth, and one of those ways is to help others. I have learned about Karma, within the last couple of years, and I truly believe in it. What goes around, comes around. So I think that if you are only putting good deeds out there, then eventually someone something will do good deeds in

Lots of people fulfill obligations beyond themselves that aren’t “public service”: helping to support a single mother; taking care of a sick grandparent; working so a significant other can afford school…Is it proper to compel those people to reallocate their time, so that they’re serving “the public” rather than their family, friends or neighbors? Everyone’s life is different and everyone finds ways to give back to their community in different way. Instead of forcing people to contribute, wouldn’t it be better to leave the decision to them and let them contribute in their own way, not just when they are 18-20 but throughout their adulthood lives? Volunteering is a treasured centerpiece of civic life in America and deserves public support, but we should resist letting its successes become an argument for mandatory national

From personal experience, many people who volunteer truly do go because they want to help out. If they don't go for that reason, then they may enjoy themselves anyway. I volunteered to clean up the streets near Coney Island beach in New York after hurricane Sandy destroyed many homes on the East Coast. Amongst the volunteers with me many were New York high school students who went simply because their school made an announcement that they should go. They also received volunteered hours added to their record. However, all of these kids stayed an extended time than their recorded volunteer hours. These kids stayed, along with me, because we all felt a need to help out the community. Those high school students were rightfully receiving volunteer hours onto their record and a feeling of goodness. This example points out how offering incentives allows charities to gather more people. Yet, it is possible volunteers may leave with an object or prize reminding them of the good they've done. The people who volunteer may not have that initial desire to help if they are going because of the

How many people do you know that volunteer? How many are forced to do it? United States citizens shouldn’t be required to serve one year of community service between the ages of 18 and 30. By forcing people to volunteer they won’t do it out of kindness, the United States will have a deeper debt, and there is no way to keep track.

Should we require pepple to volenter there time?I bellev volentering should be a chows not a dimand,pepple don't want to be tolled what to do it takes the fun out of it. I do a lot of volenter work but it's not work to me it's more then that it's a chans to mack new frends and to lern new things.I bellev we shouldent require pepple to do community service,it must be there chows.As a risalt of leting pepple chows ,In 2009, 63.4 million pepple volunteered ther time for fee.Peppel like to volenter for thing's thay now like at there churches,schools or where ever thay like to go.Fi you staret forsing peppel to do stuff thay don't want to do it will heret the government and the peppel ho need the help .Peppel ho have to help insted fo wont to help,will

Volunteerism is a path to responsible citizenship. Volunteering is a form of generous behavior, with a goal of providing help to others, a group, an organization, a cause, or the community at large without expectation of accolades or material reward (Musick, 2008, p 3). Volunteer work encourages good citizenship. It builds trust with others and public institutions. Trusting people are more likely to get involved in leadership positions or even politics. It gets individuals involved by letting them meet a wider range of people, then learning more about local issues and legislation. Volunteer work teaches civic skills, which can then be used in the political arena, and help individuals become aware of social problems needing solutions (p 460-461).

Before high school, community service never crossed my mind at any point during my life. Going to public school, I knew that nobody cared about service and since I didn’t have to, I never did anything for my town. Thirteen year-old me had only 3 things on my mind:

Now imagine, if the United States were to obligate Americans to serve one year of national service. The amount for volunteers would decrease as well as the donations, if they become forced into it. It would take the joy out in doing these things