One must evaluate the characteristics that guide to prosperous tools of community service demands in high school. Jeffrey Bennett from the University of Arizona administered a study on inner-city high schools that had the graduation requirement, to decide whether or not it successfully promoted public engagement. After research he discovered that a student’s mindset on community service and public engagement was built on the composition of the program. Advisors, good community relationships and multiple service opportunities would greatly influence the views of high school students. Bennett explains that although that additional support would have been helpful, it would have also been limiting. Community service and service-learning are not
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It doesn't make the students that do the service any more capable of success than the others who haven't done the service. Yes, it is good to take an extra mile, but it is up to each pupil on whether or not they will take it. If they don’t take it then that student should still have the ability to graduate ( on time), as long as he or she has met all other requirements. It should be what the students do academically inside the classrooms that matter, not what goes on outside of the schol. In a way it seems that administrators of high schools are only trying to make things a little more difficult, so student have trouble getting out. The students are to be told what to do inside the classroom and inside the school to follow rules. The people who run the high schools are not to be parents or bosses. They are there to educate and encourage them. They can only motivate each student to get involved with their community and to strive, but not to force them to work with their community. If they haven’t done the service themselves, they don’t really have the authority to pressure the students to do so. That’s like the pot calling the kettle black. Instead of forcing more work on student before graduation, administrators need to focus on making the students last year an unforgettable
It doesn't make the students that do the service any more capable of success than the others who haven't done the service. Yes, it is good to take an extra mile, but it is up to each pupil on whether or not they will take it. If they don’t take it then that student should still have the ability to graduate ( on time), as long as he or she has met all other requirements. It should be what the students do academically inside the classrooms that matter, not what goes on outside of the schol. In a way it seems that administrators of high schools are only trying to make things a little more difficult, so student have trouble getting out. The students are to be told what to do inside the classroom and inside the school to follow rules. The people who run the high schools are not to be parents or bosses. They are there to educate and encourage them. They can only motivate each student to get involved with their community and to strive, but not to force them to work with their community. If they haven’t done the service themselves, they don’t really have the authority to pressure the students to do so. That’s like the pot calling the kettle black. Instead of forcing more work on student before graduation, administrators need to focus on making the students last year an unforgettable