From bagging groceries at a local grocery store to helping animals in shelters, volunteering is everywhere. Nowadays, schools implement volunteering service hours as a requirement for graduation. And though there are many benefits to just volunteering in general, others find it unfair and should not be a requirement to graduate. I believe schools should not require volunteer service hours for students to be able to graduate.
Life moves on with or without you, regardless of who you are, what you do, or even what goes on around you. The world is full of many decisions and responsibilities, but time does not stop for anyone or anything. In paragraph twelve of the second article Koenig, clearly states that "High school is a busy time..." Presently, schools all over have decided to input …show more content…
And achieving it could be a hassle, especially if you have to be required to have a specific amount of volunteer hours. Students work hard all year in order to graduate from school and already have enough on their plate of work to do, from small paper work assignments to large group projects. As Koenig stated in paragraph thirteen of the second article that "In some cases service hours are the barrier keeping students from graduating." This barrier not only causes another layer of pressure to the student, it also erodes away his education and interest in careers. Some people say students can get experience and gain interest when required volunteer hours to graduate, and although they may be getting to experience new career interest there are many other ways they can experience and gain interest in career choices such as vacations, researching and other methods. Instead of being forced by requiring volunteer hour for graduation student should be able to volunteer when they choose or they could lose interest to want to volunteer and lose the value to volunteering for the