Community Service In High Schools

The debate on whether or not high school students should be required to complete community service has been a long ongoing discussion. Many are still split on the topic. While I believe high school students should be required to complete community service, I don't think they should be required to complete three hours a week. Being forced to volunteer defeats the whole purpose, along with those who come from low income families find it pointless when they could be doing something similar and be getting paid. High school students also have a lot on their plate to start, adding this would only create more stress.

Community service is about giving back to the community in which you live and being selfless to help the lives of others. By forcing someone to participate in community service unwillingly defeats that entire purpose. If someone is being forced, it often doesn't result in the way intended, possibly by not teaching the lesson you hoped to. Instead, it can result in the opposite outcome, in this case, having someone resent the whole idea of community service, all based on once being forced to participate against their will.

While not all high school students come from low income families, some of them do, and to them community service just seems pointless to them. To
Forcing them to complete three hours a week of community service can result in them actually opposing community service, all because of once being forced. It can also seem as a waste of time to those who come from struggling families, who could be doing something similar while getting paid for it. Along with adding unnecessary stress to high school student's already stressful lives. I do believe required high school students to complete some community service is a good idea, I don't think it should be required by each week, and instead by month or maybe