Should there be a requirement for National Service in the US

[TuNnL]

Re: Should there be a requirement for National Service in the US

I think your wording on the question is truly insulting to human intelligence. Just because we don’t REQUIRE national service as if it were punishment of some sort, doesn’t mean we don’t NEED it.

[1stwahine]

Re: Should there be a requirement for National Service in the US

Three YES'S!!

[matapule]

Re: Should there be a requirement for National Service in the US

I think your wording on the question is truly insulting to human intelligence.

It wasn't my wording, it was HuffPost's. But it is your perfect right to be insulted. Some people like going through life being insulted. Insults says more about the person being insulted than the person who is viewed as being insulting.

[craigwatanabe]

Re: Should there be a requirement for National Service in the US

Ask not what your country can do for you - ask what you can do for your country

If not the military or the peace corps, there's community service such as the Lions, Rotary, Elks, Jaycee's...

There are organizations such as volunteering for the American Heart Association, American Cancer Society, Red Cross, etc.

There are environmental causes such as Life of the Land, the Outdoor Circle, heck even Greenpeace!

I do believe it's a great start to require all graduating high schoolers to provide a nominal amount of time of community service as a requirement for graduation.

I believe everyone should serve in a soup line for the homeless, and required to work minimum wage in a retail store. You will see firsthand the humbleness as well as the arrogance of the poor and the demanding of either.

I believe we all need to do something for our fellow man, and not wait for handouts.

[surlygirly]

Re: Should there be a requirement for National Service in the US

I think if our school had better matched skills or interests with the required service hours, it would have been a much better experience. But the administration didn't care, as long as they got done, so that attitude was shared by the students. I have volunteered since then on my own, and it has been much more rewarding.

I think you're right, Craig. Everyone should have those experiences. I was just thinking forcing it on kids who obviously don't care usually results in them not getting out of it what they should.