Community Service
Nowadays high schools are faced with a very controversial issue whether or not community service hours are needed to graduate. High schools are arguing that 40 hours of community service are needed to graduate, but many upset students are voicing protests(反对) to this demand.
Supporters of the community service project argue that while high school students are participating in community service, they will become better aware of what the real world is like. Students will learn valuable life lesson by doing community service. ____51____ They feel that if high school students are forced to do community service they will begin to see it as a punishment and as something that they have to do because it is required instead of something that they want to do. Students will in the future look back at the community service projects that they were forced to do throughout high school. ____52____
Another idea that the protestors give about this community service issue is time restriction. When a student goes to school full time, he is involved in after-class activities and also works. ____53____ Supporters argue back that high school students only need to fulfill 40 hours of community service throughout 4 years. If students well manage their time and start the community service in their first year in high school, all they need to do is an hour every other week.
____54____ The protestors argue that high school students do not have their driver’s license, so how are they expected to get to their community service site when their parents or friends are at work or just too busy to give them a ride. ____55____ .The supporters argue that students can find community service projects close to home or if they live in the country find another student to car pool with.
In my opinion, community service is a wonderful thing that everyone should be required to do at some point in their life, but are high school students mature and responsible enough to take on community service projects at this stage in their life?
A. Protestors have struck back with a very solid argument.
B. A final controversial issue that appears is transportation.
C. Students will feel good about themselves for helping others in need.
D. They will continue to carry a negative attitude towards community service for their lifetime.
E. Both sides have solid arguments about why community service should or should not be forced upon students.
F. Unless the school offers a means of transportation for the students there really is no solution to this problem.
G. The time that is needed to participate in a community service project may place quite a burden on the student.