Do you think community service should be a graduation requirement?

@tammy if they force you to do it, its.not.volunteering.

@firefall okay but it isn't called volunteering....it's called community service.

@Serenitree I refer you to the comment I was answering (which was somewhat off the OP, I guess)

But community "service" is also an alarming misnomer for something you're compelling with the threat of punishment, as it's certainly not voluntary servitude, so it is involuntary servitude. And if you think that's a good lesson to teach high school students, I'd say that's a perfect example of the horrible nature of american schools, which seem to take pride in producing good little authority-worshipping robots, rather than alert, questioning minds.

@firefall what country are you from?

@firefall I see what you are getting at. But I also know that the requirement is approximately 1 hour per month throughout the 4 years. Or if they prefer, they can do it all in one year. If they can find a good placement, they can get it completed in 1 month. And not think of it again for the rest of the 4 years. If you think of it, attending school is mandatory with certain subjects being required. Working as an unpaid worker for what amounts to one average work week in a 4 years span is not abusive. Most if not all students accumulate a lot more hours just hanging out doing nothing and getting nothing for it.