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Old 06-18-2007, 09:50 PM   #9 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by dc_dux
Community service is not just helping others...it is a valuable "real world" learning experience for High School students (working in a professional environment, learning and using communication skills, budgeting time, etc).

What better role for schools?
Behaving yourself, effectively communicating and budgeting time are generally necessary to get through school in the first place. Aside from being inappropriate, I don't think that community service is necessary.
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