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Mandatory Volunteering
In spite of the fact that volunteering is a personal choice, nowadays, it is a requirement to graduate from school .Student should do 30-40 hours of community services to graduate .Many people are with it strongly. However, in my opinion mandatory volunteering is not a good idea. Making community service compulsory negates the intended purpose.
First, that would be an oxymoron, how would it be volunteering if you were mandated to do it. It is not volunteering if the students are required to do it. Doing volunteer work with force may result incomplete work. As well, forcing a teenager to do anything may cause rebellion and stubbornness. Also, a lot of students do not have time to volunteer. They may have responsibility of taking care of younger sibling after school or help in house work. These students are already bearing a number of burdens; requiring them to do more work outside of school than they already do could just turn out to be one responsibility they can't afford to fulfill. Forcing student to volunteer can make their life harder. On other hand, Sara is a teacher in school which it required volunteering said "student should take an active role in their communities ". All of people should help their communities but without force. Schools and teachers may customize a class to teach student about volunteering and how would it be helpful for our society.

Community service needs to remain voluntary. If a few students who have the time, energy, and passion to volunteer do so, and then share the experience they are having with other students, then those students will be inspired to perform the service out of their own will, as it

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