Should Community Service be a Mandatory High School Graduation Requirement? - (Reading > Viewpoints)
Should Community Service be a Mandatory High School Graduation Requirement?
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1. The article mainly discusses the 1 ..... 2. Principal Winters believes that community service requirements 2 ..... 3. According to Dr. Chen, what is the main problem with mandatory community service? 3 ..... 4. Jasmine Rodriguez's experience with community service suggests that 4 ..... 5. What percentage of Canadian high schools currently require community service for graduation? 5 .....
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The debate about mandatory community service in schools 1 ..... While I understand Principal Winters' perspective that these experiences develop important life skills, I think Dr. Chen makes a compelling point about 2 ..... My own daughter had to complete service hours last year, and the experience was 3 ..... What concerns me most is that schools often implement these requirements without providing adequate support. Many students, especially those from 4 ...., struggle to find meaningful placements or transportation to service sites. I believe a better approach would be offering service-learning integrated into the curriculum, where students could 5 .... while still gaining real-world experience. This would address both the educational goals and the practical challenges.