Got talking with a friend over the weekend. A couple of his friends were over and the subject came up. They were teachers from his school. Both think its the greatest thing to man kind to make it mandatory for students do this for X amounts of hours (30) in their 11 and 12 grade year. I disagree with this completely. Let them go, its their time don't take more away from them. Why bog them down with more hoops to jump through? They both feel that kids can meets more people by doing this and a bunch of other bogus excuses. I asked, "Why don't you do this in the summer months so you can keep your jobs plus, its better for the local community?" You know the answer to that? Really pisses me off to no end with these people. As long as its not hurting or effecting them, they make it more difficult to just load others up with more and more. Its fooking slavery if you ask me. As a business owner, I love me about 10 people daily working on my job site for 5 hours to keep things clean, all for free, why the heck not? Its free after all
. I will more then happy to sign that piece of paper for them.
At the college level, I understand. Its a way to extend your network for potential jobs but high school? I know, colleges look for volunteering in their applications or personal statements but mandatory is a bunch of BS.