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Originally Posted by dksuddeth
volunteer community service? not against it.
forced community service? Did I commit a crime and that's my punishment?
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Oh noes! Teacher is forcing me to make the world better place! That means less time on my XBox!!
Seriously, any student or parent that has a problem with this isn't adequately grounded in what it is to be a citizen or a member of a community. Oh, sorry, I mean
they're not sufficiently brainwashed into Socialism.
Also: given the slant of the OP, we're not really dealing with reality in this thread. Can somebody talk factually about the sorts of programs that are actually being implemented in public schools? Because without that, it's just rhetoric.