What are good reasons for mandatory community service for high school graduates?

Question

What are good reasons for mandatory community service for high school graduates?

Answer 1

Teaches responsibility

Answer 2

Community Service helps you to get references which will go nicely with your resume. Also you get a chance to meet people and figure out what kind of job would be best for you!

Answer 3

Experience of life!

Answer 4

There are lots of reasons for community service, but you are asking for a good reason for *mandatory* community service.  

(I'm speaking of "you" generally, not specifically, ok?) One very good reason is that you've basically had a "free ride" the past 12 years. In the US, you get a free education, free books, free lunches, and a free ride to school. There are churches who will even help you with clothes and spiral notebooks. Community service is a way to "give back" to express appreciation to the community who paid for your education.

The best reason, however, is that high school is supposed to prepare students for the real life. Service is a good way to find out what your strengths and passions are, so that you can make a wise decisions concerning your college/career choices.

Interesting question - thanks for asking!

Answer 5

Good reasons for mandatory community for HS grads:

1)  To give the opportunity for these young adults to interact with all kinds of people, young and old, rich and poor, married and single people, of different political affiliation, etc.

2)  To improve their communication skills.  Some groups of people have unique slang in how they converse.

3)  To improve their interpersonal skills.  How to cope with different social situations.

4)  Who knows, these young adults may even meet their future partners in life in these social gathering?