Mandated Volunteerism

High school administrations care about the well being of their students. They aim to guide the students in a way that will prepare them for the future ahead of each student. Thus administrations of high school have certain requirements that students must finish before graduating. There is one requirement that is commonly debated by high school administration and students, this topic being community service. Community service should not be required in order to graduate from high school since forcing students to volunteer leads to false information on their records, forcing students to do so does not mean that they will continue doing community service after they graduate, and it does not mean the student will mature.

When applying for a position at a job, managers always check to see how much experience you have in order to check if you are qualified. When filling out a college application there are always questions that ask to write down any extra curricular activities you participated in or any clubs/service work you did and for how long. It is important to be a part of the community and to be dedicated to one or two locations for a certain amount of time to show commitment and effort. A student that has been a part of an organization for about three months and has not missed will be prefered at a college than a student that goes five times a month. Community service does not only help build relationships but allows students to spend their time learning new skills and it will benefit them in the future. Community service for high school seniors should be mandatory because it will teach the students how to be responsible, allow them to explore in depth something related to their career and improve their communication skills.

The reason that I believe that volunteer work and work in general is vital to success in the today’s world and society is because the generation that I am apart of is lack of a better term lazy.The motto of the entitled generation is procrastination is key. The most important part in forming a generation comes from the parents. The outcome of a generation’s attitude always leads back to the source (the parents). Volunteer work in present time is very important for the youth, but is equally as important for adults too. Some local organizations in Juneau are Love Incorporation, Helping Hands-Healing Hands LLC, Saint Vincent De Paul, and Southeast Alaska Regional Health Consortium (SEARHC). It is a non profit organization that provides health care for residents of Southeast Alaska. Saint Vincent De Paul is an organization that provides housing for low income families in Juneau, Alaska. Service is an essential

Politically, socially, environmentally or one person at a time, how will you give back to society? Day in and day out many citizens change the world, or they do just the opposite and make the world a worse place than when they woke up. The article I chose to review is, “Community Service” written by Robert Coles. The article tells a story of college students who make a difference in the world through peer tutoring, an act of community service, and have such an impact that they act as role models for Coles and he begins to do the same. Briefly in the beginning of the article, Coles states that, “students are likely to express their lofty political and social impulses and practical desires to change the world through community service, even if in limited or modest ways.”(Robert Coles, pg.93) We must make an ultimate decision about the world we live in, will we choose to make a difference in the lives of fellow citizens or discriminate and punish not only them but ourselves by not sharing the knowledge we have been taught.

A continuous debate that is currently receiving much attention is whether community service should be a mandatory graduation requirement. Preparing students to effectively function in the real world is an important aspect of our education system. Today more than ever, there is an emphasis on having experience before beginning work. Most jobs are now focused on looking past your resume to see what you have given back to the community. Nevertheless, it is important that schools focus on preparing college students for the work force by mandating that they receive all of the necessary exposure and experience. Numerous schools across the country have mandated that in order for their students to graduate, they must complete a predetermined amount of community service. In Maryland, high school students are required to complete a minimum of 75 hours of service in order to graduate. However, this decision has resulted in a lot of mixed responses. Advocates of this decision stress that mandatory community service opens doors for students, while the opponents feel that it takes away valuable time from students who need to focus on their education. I believe that gaining experience outside of school is critical for future success in life. To ensure that students are prepared to transition smoothly from school to work, they need to be involved with the community while in school in order to build the leadership skills that are necessary to succeed.

volunteering is a person who freely offers to take part in an enterprise or undertake a task. In this report i will talk about the different types of volunteering in the:

The author, Steve Cohen, seems to understand the anguish and stress most high school and college students face during the application process, especially those who come from poorer neighborhoods, but doesn’t feel as if the process needs revision. In fact, Cohen says that community service is overloading students with the already “essential” work, however, says this, “Encouraging high school kids to make “more meaningful contributions to other” will just provide new ways to game the system.” He looks down on students who work hard in their home life. Kids who support their families and struggle through school are

There is a lot of time and dedication that goes into community service. Some students may say that it is a waste of time. Community service is very time-consuming. There are better things that can be done. Students will find other alternatives that will get them out of doing community service. The students will either join a club or play a sport. They would do anything to get them out of doing community service. Some students are not as social as others. They would rather be in their room alone than be out with others. Some students are not as social as others. Some students find joy in helping others. It warms their heart to help out where and when it is needed. Community service should not be required because it is taking away from their education, and adding more stress than they already

Author Yvette Boysen writes about the President’s Community Engagement Honor Roll initiative created by the Agnes Scott College, that recognizes volunteers on several different levels. JLP Prince, director of community engagement, suggest that if schools recognize volunteers and their service hours in the same manner they acknowledge those with high grade point averages, students will be more inclined to civically engage within their community. He provides several examples of what constitutes volunteer hours from group service projects to community-based research projects to internships with nonprofits or government agencies. Such a creative tactic developed by the university sheds a positive light on both the core values of the campus and

Children often fall into wrong or harmful circumstances as they search to gain a sense of belonging to something greater, for instance, a community. Christine Morris (1992) backs this statement when she said that all children need the sense of belonging to something bigger than themselves. If children have additional opportunities to explore different tasks and problems in their community, they would be less likely to find themselves in harmful situations. Children who stand apart from the community lack the chances to learn valuable lessons. Examples of the valuable lessons they would learn would be being responsible for their actions or lack thereof, community awareness and observation, and a social understanding of how a community is supposed to work. As the saying goes, “It takes a village to raise a child,” in this sense the village is the child’s community. In order for the child to gain social awareness, responsibility, and a sense of community, they need to be involved in community affairs. Service-learning will assist children in becoming involved in the community and aid them in learning valuable lessons that they cannot learn from classroom teaching.

My project relates to the course objectives twelve and seven this is because it talks about inclusion, in which all types of diversity are respected, appreciated, and valued in America. As well as the vital role of the people in creating and maintaining a society through voluntarism and civic engagement, a role that can complement and replace the role of the government ensuring the well-being of society. Civic engagement involves “working to form a distinction at intervals the civic life of one’s community and developing the combination of information, skills, values and motivation to form that distinction. It suggests that promoting the quality of life throughout a community, through every political and non-political process” (Erlich, 2000). Civic engagement includes every paid and unpaid style of political policy, environmentalism, and community and repair. Volunteering is one kind of civic engagement. many of the nation’s volunteers unit youngsters. over 0.5 (59 percent) of teenagers at intervals the u. s. according that they participated in youth volunteer add 2009, in line with the Corporation for National and Community Service (2010). Most youth volunteers do so out of selflessness Associate in Nursing interest in making throughout a distinction at intervals the lives of others, in line with one survey. Exclusively five take advantage of students reportedly volunteered due to a school demand (Corporation for National and Community Service, 2005

“Volunteers are not paid; not because they are worthless, but because they are priceless.” - Sherry Anderson (Volunteering Quotes: Finest Quotes).

Volunteer management is often considered an activity that encourages volunteer motivation, commitment and development (Davis, Hall, & Meyer, 2003; Okun & Schultz, 2003; Wang, 2004). At the core of managing volunteers are several main components. In addition to selecting volunteers, volunteer management also carries the responsibility of directing, overseeing, and organizing them as well. Stepputat (1995) adds that volunteer management is the ability to oversee all aspects of volunteer labor in an organization, including functions and activities that require coordination with paid staff members, determining and maintaining volunteer philosophy, guidelines, policies and procedures. Viewed as an “emerging” human resource management (HRM) activity due to HRMs traditional role in for-profit business rather than non-profit business where volunteers usually work (Hager & Brudney, 2011); volunteer management shares in the similar goal of creating environments that encourage growth through training and development, empowered participation and clear communication, which ultimately supports superior organizational effectiveness (Boxall, 1996; Guest, 1998).

As an 18-year-old tennager, I was forced by my parents to participate a summer volunteer program in my freshman year. Even though I felt that I was a victim of “tyranny” in the beginning, I realized that I actually enjoyed the process of helping people in the middle of the program. Now, I participate that program every year as an active member, and I have gained the personal enrichment that I am unable to learn from other sources such as math club or SAT preparatory class. There is no doubt that community service can bring essential benefits in helping students develop their moral value and future interest, and it should be mandatory because some students attempt to utilize community service as a tool for their own profit without the school supervision.

Nowadays, it is very difficult to get a job without a College Diploma. Our ever-increasing demands on student’s academic performances have insured well-educated adults, but what we have failed to focus on is the vital component of volunteerism as an integral part of rearing well-rounded adults. College students should be required to complete a year of community service/volunteer work before they can graduate, in order to create mature and caring adults and versatile future leaders. By mandating all College students across the United States of America to add another year to their studies and use this year for community service/volunteer work only, we will be able to increase their knowledge of community need, civic responsibility, and allow