Service hours

Volunteering for different events in your community exposes you to many experiences that are both beneficial and enjoyable. Through community service you can meet new people who live in your community and make new friends. Studies have shown that volunteering can boost ones self esteem as while as lower depression because it feels good to help people and make a difference.(Western Connecticut State University) It can also be used as a way to remove stress in your life and give back to your community. If kids practicing volunteering during school than they are more likely to enjoy it and give back to the community even when they are adults.

Students should not be required some many service hours in order to graduate.  Most students think of these service hours as a giant assignment that they don't care about and just want to get it over with. Community service is more genuine when people are helping out in their free time rather than being told by someone else.(Nadia Khan, 2008, Chicago Tribune). This means that some students will put in as minimal effort as possible. The majority of students have other activities outside of school as well such as work, sports, homework, and clubs.

I believe that schools shouldn't have a service hour graduation requirement. Helping out your community should come naturally and not be forced onto people. Even though these opportunities provide a way of meeting new people as well as making a difference, you have to put forth effort  to achieve these things. Many students will do the minimum and not get anything out of it. There are still lots of people in high school that volunteer on their own.