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Community Service mandatory to graduate

Nowadays alot of schools require Community Service mandatory to graduate. Which is means that students cannot graduate only when they finish hours of the Community Service.This can be considered a form of punishment or slavery for students who only way left to graduate.On the other hand Community Service can offer a learning opportunity for students Nevertheless, it should not be mandatory for the student to graduate because this could turn community service it into a form of punishment or slavery, delay of graduation also students should not be forced upon.

According to thefreedictionary.com ,“community service” is defined as “services volunteered by individuals or an organization to benefit a …show more content…

For example,when any forced upon we will not do it sincerity because we are mandatorily have to do it.Cindi Pearce in her article ‘Pros & Cons of Mandatory Community Service Projects Before Graduation From High School’, said that “ The disadvantages of requiring community service projects from each student include the possibility that the pressure that these requirements foist on students may turn them against future service involvement. According to Edward L. Deci and Richard M. Ryan’s cognitive evaluation theory study done in 1985, when students or any individuals perceive that they are being controlled externally, the natural human response is to lose enthusiasm for the project and toward the behaviors that are being promoted. Mandated service-learning requirements may or may not be perceived as external control, but if they are, this perception can alter the student’s desire in the future to continue being socially active. When students are required to participate in community service projects to graduate, some students may not glean social or personal benefits from the program and may find the experience less than fulfilling simply because they were required to do it and not because they wanted to do it.” That show students will not do community service that is …show more content…

But the truth Rebecca Lake said in her article ‘Disadvantages of Volunteer Work.’, said that “Having to work with someone you find difficult can be stressful and detract from your goals as a volunteer. If you're distracted by another person's negative attitude or annoying behavior, you could lose focus on what you're there to do” What is there some in group I can not agree with him that is can delay my graduation because of

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