Community Service WTF?!

I have to do community service to graduate High School. It's stupid.

The system is broken. If they're gonna waste your time they should at least do it right. It's too easy to cheat and those who do legit hours get them taken away 'cause they didn't help the right people. Is that fair?

Here's the basics.

- They give you 30 hours for graduating middle school you only need 60

-They don't accept anything not on a pre-approved list of several hundred or so organizations or establishments mostly school related o county run. So if you actually want to help out there due to some attachment or desire to help, it probably isn't approved.

-Last year they instituted a program to "prevent cheating". They took away any hours you made if they weren't on a pre-approved list. The list wasn't released until after the program began.

-If you actually do something to help your community itself they won't count it since it's not pre-approved. So, if you help your neighborhood in some way be it a fund-raiser for a charity or whatever it doesn't count. It is usually some county run place or some small establishment with no money to hire workers. Which I'm okay with sometimes and not others depending on the place.

- It's supposed to help keep kids off the street and help instill values. Many I know of or heard from hate it and resent society for forcing them to do this. It in a way creates the malice and contempt that they are trying to get rid of.

-It's what they make criminals do for penance so... Students=Convicts

-People whose parents or friends work for the county can cheat on their hours. The new anti-cheating rules only affect those who couldn't cheat anyways. The ones who cheat will continue and won't be called on for it.

-It has nothing to do with learning or teaching.

-It is essentially slave labor. If you want to get anywhere in life you must at least graduate High School. To graduate you need the hours. So you're forced to work without pay. It's just a way for many county run organizations(That's what's on the list) to gain a free workforce.

I'm okay with doing community service to actually help someone you want to help out. But I think it shouldn't be mandatory for school The two are unrelated and shouldn't be together. I know this sounds like whining. It is. In essence I'm complaining about how stupid this is. What do you think of it?

 

i get what ur saying i think its just a way to take away graduation privledges so they dont have to prepare as much....other than that i have no idea why they do it but i've completed mine

 

It's not a requirement in my school unless if you join clubs like the Honors Society or something similar to that. Sucks you have to complete so many hours though...

 

u got it lucky...no matter what we must complete them or we cant graduate and we have to set up everything for our senior prom

 

My friends had to miss this play thing because they had to do something else that was part of the schools argeement to let them join- so basically it was mandatory(sp?).

 

Mine is the same. Mostly if your in the Honor society, you'll have to complete a few hours.

 

It's a requirement for the Catholic School Board of education over here, which I was part of. I needed 40 hours to graduate.

I'll agree that it's incredibly easy to cheat for the hours, and lots of people do it.

But hey, it'll look nice on your resume when you're trying to get your first job, so it's not completely useless.

 

be happy, i had to do 80 hours to graduate middle school. and then do 50 hours each year of high school.

 

I agree its practically slave labour and has notthing to do with education.

 

That basically sounds like slave labor. So unfair.

 

I cant even find 1 liable reason for them to maKE YOU DO THAT =/

 

i can

1. it builds character
2. you learn alot
3. it keeps ppl busy so they don't cause trouble instead
4. it helps you get into a better college becuz it goes on your transcript
5. you make LOTS of friends this way

but i still hate it, lol

 

well i think it might be fun 2 do community service.....but it depends on wat u hav 2 do though.....like if its picking up trash on a highway or somthing then i wouldnt want 2 do it! but if it were 2 help out in an elementary school class or somthing like that i would be more than happy 2 do it!

 

I have to have 30 hours in order to pass high school....

Lucky for me, marching band takes care of all that.