...service of others.”. In the ___ time of high school, teenagers are given an opportunity to develop their own set of morals and values, learn about their future, and foster their own sense of the world. This personal development is especially grown from community service. Thus, it is essential to implement mandatory community service programs as a high school requirement for graduation. Through the offering of mandatory community service, students can not only experience personal enrichment and development of a moral center, they benefit their own community, in an expert from The Dalton School's Community Service Mission (75). In my own high school, Fossil Ridge High...
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...In high school volunteering you have to do a total of 100 hours to be able to graduate. Many people think that this should not be required for high school graduation while others think that it should. To graduate High school you should be required to volunteer so you can have some knowledge. Lets explore this subject and see why it is so controversial. One reason that volunteering is important is because it gives real world knowledge to students that have little to no experience in this field. So we know that volunteering is good because thank to it student get real world knowledge, but how is it that volunteering is good with this lets see. Volunteering can help you get real world knowledge because there are many ways to volunteer and thanks...
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...Community service should be required in order to graduate high school. Community service helps an application look professional when an employer sees the work experience that a student has. To begin, Donna St. George, journalist for The Washington Post states “Many people were more likely to work in professional and business management due to volunteering as an adolescent.” This is important because it shows the impact that community service has on the type of work an individual continues with, which helps with getting and keeping a job. Also, the article “Even When It’s Mandatory, Volunteering Is Good For Kids” states, volunteering is good for many students because it gives them work experience, and it is good for their future careers, and community service helps inspire them to find an interest he or she likes. To end, Alina Tugend a journalist for The New York Times states, “Students who volunteered were more likely to contribute the community and to vote when they came of age”. This is important because it is showing the relationship between those who volunteered and those who didn’t. Those who volunteered were much more likely to engage with the community and continue to help. Therefore, community service is good for students because it helps with finding a place of work and feeling good about it. Secondly, community service allows students to use skills they learn in the classroom beyond the classroom, such as responsibility, organization, or problem-solving. Kelly Vaughn...
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...Volunteering students makes for better people Paula Kehoe College communication skills – CMM110-32 Professor Rhett Andrew Wednesday, October, 3, 2012 Volunteering students makes for better people Outline Thesis Forcing students to volunteer teaches them to be overall better people. Controlling Ideas 1. Communication skills. 2. Teaches the student responsibility. 3. It can build character: raise self-esteem and personal development. Body paragraph: Volunteering for a high school student can be stressful at times. It can also do a lot of good though, by using up some free time high school students seem to have. High school students getting pregnant and in trouble with the law are outstanding compared to those on the honour roll. By getting the student to communicate with more people broadens their horizons. Having them see there is more in this giant world then just the name brand pants they have on, and the accomplishment of working hard to be able to buy the nice things in life. Having students volunteer teaches them the responsibility of the real world. They have a duty to fulfill, accountability, and people now depend on them. If something came up like a test they may need to study, they need to call the boss to plan for someone else to take their shift. The student may have the responsibility to open or close the store for daily operations, to follow the daily cleaning instructions or maybe just stock shelves. If these responsibilities are not met by...
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...good on a resume, but also provides opportunities for personal and professional development. I believe I should become a member of the National Honor Society because I have consistently excelled academically, demonstrating a strong work ethic, determination, and a commitment to learning. I have maintained a high GPA throughout my high school years, and I have always been passionate about giving back to my community and making a positive impact on those around me. By becoming a member of the National Honor Society, I know that I will have the opportunity to continue to make a difference in the lives of others. One of the “hidden gems” about me that may not be immediately apparent in my portfolio is receiving many awards for accomplishments that I have received during high school. One award that I have received is an honor roll certificate. I received this award for maintaining a high GPA during the first semester of my sophomore year. Another accomplishment that I received was a personal success award. I received this because I have always been on top...
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...action was acknowledged. Volunteering comes with this gratitude, which to me, cannot be replaced. While assisting people in different circumstances, these words are often said and greatly appreciated. The immense amount of effort spent volunteering is an aspect of my life that goes unnoticed by peers and adults. The experience began during my freshman year when I joined the club STLF, or Students Today Leaders Forever. Throughout...
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...Mandatory Volunteering In recent years, it has become a popular trend amongst state education reformers to implement a graduation requirement of community service. While some have argued that this may harm students, others claim that the benefits from such a requirement are staggering. Students have shown both approval and disapproval for such legislation. With this in mind, the Huntington Beach Union High School District, HBUHSD, should require community service hours as a requisite for graduation in order to create compassionate members of society, successful individuals, and enthusiasm for learning in school. Modern technology has mutated the way that people, especially young and impressionable people, think. Technology has opened the...
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...Volunteering has always held a special place in heart, for as long as I could remember. Helping others is a key aspect of my life and in my freshman year I realized it was something I wanted to do for the rest of my life. During my freshman year, I joined an organization that focused on bringing to light the negative effects of human trafficking to young girls and helping them overcome bullying. The goal was to help the girls be confident and know their worth. We gave presentations at local junior high schools and would get in groups and listen to the girls talk about their struggles. I volunteered in other places throughout the rest of my high school career, but mentoring younger girls was still on my heart. Entering my senior year of high...
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...I have completed over 100 hours of volunteering in my local community. I have been involved in various fundraising events such as the Coachella Valley Stroke and Heart Walk and Walk to End Alzheimer's. I have also been involved in the Melanoma Awareness Project of the Desert and have volunteered various of times at Sacred Heart Church. I have assisted at a Pet Adoption Fair and have assisted my local neighborhood by mowing lawns and walking pets occasionally during my summer break. I firmly believe it is important to always give back to your community because the feeling you get is rewarding. I plan to be apart of whichever community I live in since it is the least thing I can do. I will continue volunteering and being an active member of my...
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...Initial Public Service Reflection Prior to moving to New Orleans, I have lived in Destin, FL my entire life. My hometown is a popular and affluent vacation destination for the southeast that lacks a great deal of diversity and culture. In high school, I participated in community service as much as possible. I joined a non-profit, volunteered through my church and various clubs, and participated in my high school’s leadership class. I tried to expose myself to as many cultures and people as possible, but there was only so much diversity that my hometown could provide. I was excited to move to New Orleans and have the opportunity to genuinely explore a vast array of cultures and circumstances from a variety of socioeconomic backgrounds....
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...nonprofit provides enough food to feed more than 116,000 people every week with administrative and fundraising costs of less than four percent. Since its inception in 1980, the Regional Food Bank has distributed nearly 590 million pounds of food to families who find themselves in need. The food bank also offers programs such as: Backpack Program: Provides chronically hungry elementary school students with a backpack full of kid-friendly, non-perishable, nutritious food every Friday to sustain them over weekends and school holidays. Kids Café: Provides a safe haven, tutoring and nutritious...
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...opportunities to help instead of them being asked to help. Many times throughout high school I shown my leadership by volunteering to help others without being asked or expecting something in return. For example, this year I have volunteered for “Blessing in a Backpack” program at my school. This is a funded program that that sends out food packages for less fortunate students at my school. For this program I have the role of helping sort the food packages and I also making sure they are being delivered to the right place in time. I have to be precise to make sure every kid gets the right amount of food and that whoever is delivering the food gives it to the right classroom. For many students without this program they wouldn’t eat full meals on the weekends so it is very important they receive their...
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...my ownership of various animals, volunteering with different animal rescue foundations, and starting to gain experience working with animals hands on. Introduction: You can say that my passion for animals goes over the line towards obsession, especially for ones such as my favorite animal, the giraffe. Now when it comes to taking that and making it my career, I have chosen to take the harder path and go for my Doctorate’s Degree to become a fully licensed veterinarian. While researching how difficult it would be to gain acceptance into the College of Veterinary Medicine at the University of Florida, my dream college, I found out that I will require more than just my ultimate passion for animals to be able to obtain my degree in veterinary medicine. In today’s speech, I will share with you guys my incentives for making my passion for animals my career choice which includes: my ownership of various animals, volunteering for various animal rescue foundations and my working experience with animals hands-on. My initial impulse for choosing this career began with my ownership of various animals When I was younger, my first pets just included your average dogs and cats. From then until now, I’ve owned a wider variety of pets. Transition: As if having that amount of animals wasn’t enough, my devotion for animals led me to volunteer for various animal rescue foundations. Knowing that I need volunteering experience to apply to veterinary school in the future, I searched for opportunities...
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...joy for serving others. By compelling service the joy diminishes alongside the morality of serving. Some people argue government should not be involved with volunteer work at all. Doug Bandow states, “We need service, not national service.” Legislature should analyze whether or not government should be involved with the responsibilities of individuals regarding service. While government provides many benefits to those who choose to serve, suck as extra funding to high schools, the overall intent would not benefit young adults in America. Source F illustrates how young adults are less likely to volunteer after being forced to in high school. While volunteering could reduce the amount of participation of intolerable behavior in young adults for the time being, the overall correlation would not be long term. In conclusion, volunteering may benefit a person for a short amount of time; the legislature would have to consider whether the program would efficiently carry out its purpose before establishing volunteering as...
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...arguments to support our case. As a lawyer for the Mock Trial, I am placed in a simulated high-stress environment during competition. This tense atmosphere helps develop my organizational and rapid critical thinking skills, my ability to handle any unforeseen turn of events that may occur during the trial, as well as refine my communication and argumentative skills to be used in everyday life. Being a member of the Principal’s Advisory Board and a student liaison for Board of Education, I have learned that confronting and solving an issue requires...
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