Mandatory Community Service

for the love of god basso, gtfo & stop flooding this place with stupid threads.

what is he gonna do to people who don't wanna do com service? jail em?

 

I don't know why you would attack him for this thread. IMO it's an excellent thread to discuss the merits of the new president's policies. I like the question.

 

I think the plan in reference is about his idea to give scholarships to students who have done community service. They could've been a lot more clear about that though.

 

couldnt have said it better myself....just absurd...this is a message board, not a personal blog.

 

do we get cool uniforms?

 

I went to a private school that required community service.

 

My own opinion is that the moderators should not allow him to abuse the forum.

 

"When you choose to serve" ...

Understand mandatory?

 

My understanding is that it's a trade-off for getting funds to pay for college tuition. Considering how expensive it's become (anyone checked on how much tuition is now at our state university in Austin... UT? I remember when it was under $200 per semester. Today, that'll buy you a cup of coffee and a donut. ), I think a heck of a lot of young people will want to do this.

 

are rifles involved?

 

probably just some wooden fake ones that you spin while singing pro-obama songs.

 

In the end, it's an economic issue. If you get more money for school from 1000 hours of community service than 1000 hours of a regular job, you do it. If the community services slightly less, you do it. It can be less stressful than a real job.

 

Reading the statement in whole (in particular the sentence basso highlighted) sure sounds like mandatory (e.g. required) to me.

It's a lofty goal but requiring a bunch of 7th graders to perform 50 hours of community service would be difficult to do especially if there is no perceived benefit. At least at the college level it could be tied to grants and the like.

 

Its doable depending on the structure and how far you're willing to go. You could tie federal funding of schools to a requirement that they organized x hours of community service activities as a school or things like that.

I believe the college-age service is tied to the new "helping pay for college" plan - its a "you invest in the country, we'll invest you" idea. I hadn't heard about required middle/high school before.

 

I went to a public school that required community service (20 hours before you were allowed to graduate).

OMG, I think I just popped my D&D cherry...

 

You already have to do that at high schools in my district.

 

Community Service is required for CPAs also.

 

Where???