Serve Or Fail By David Eggers

In the article Serve or Fail by David Eggers points out that colleges should make volunteering as a graduation requirement for their students. In his article he mentions that many high schools and very few colleges had volunteering as a requirement. He starts his article by pointing out all the wasted college days he had in his college days where he could have used to volunteer for an organization, but he mentions as well about the times he volunteered. Eggers also points out that "College students are, for the most part, uniquely suited to have time for and to benefit from getting involved and addressing the needs of those around them." (Paragraph 7) Colleges should make volunteering a requirement for graduation because students can benefit in many ways, like they will look appealing in job applications, it can build a student as a person, increase their
Most employers want to see that their employees have in one way or another helped their community instead of spending their time partying or hanging out with friends. For example I try to volunteer in hospitals and clinics, like Mt. Hood Legacy because aside from being able to help others, I am also preparing myself for when I become a nurse in the future. Volunteering in hospitals and clinics will also show any future employers of hospitals that I am serious and motivated about being a nurse.
A second reason that shows the benefits of having volunteering a requirement is that volunteering can build you as a person. Essentially doing volunteer work makes you feel good about yourself, whether you are doing it out of selfishness or not it builds your self confidence that you did something that will benefit areas of communities that are in need of a lot of work. Volunteering can really make you grow because it makes you see that one person can really make a