When discussing the topic of public service by American citizens, many people under the age of 30 are stating that this mandatory public service is unacceptable. On the contrary, a majority of Americans are in favor of a year of mandatory national service for 18-25 year olds. People are still growing and maturing at ages 18-25, so some believe that public service during that age is crucial. With that being said, if serving your community is like a job or unenjoyable to you, I wouldn’t suggest contributing to public service. “Help others and give something back. I guarantee you will discover that while public service improves the lives and the world around you, its greatest reward is the enrichment and new meaning it will bring your own life
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Some people very much enjoy serving their community unlike those who despise it and only do it because they are forced to. Like I had said before, the citizens who enjoy public service are the ones that I would want as the leaders of our nation. Leaders should show our world how we do things just as a mother trains her child to recognize right and wrong. Picking up trash for our public areas is a satisfying example. As children we are trained to take care of our home. Would you let someone come into your home and trash it? No? Then why would you allow others to trash our cities? We need to keep our earth as clean as possible before we are dominated by trash and debris. Reduce, reuse, and recycle these were three words I heard constantly as a child but never really put them into practice until our school had a seminar on it and showed us how important it was to keep the plastic to a minimum. “Americans drink enough bottled water every year that they could stretch around the world over 100 times.”(Brita) Although it may seem like on a small gesture using a Brita water is a type of public service. Just by buying a Brita filter you alone could reduce that number by 300.
There is a need to require such service of all American citizens. If you are disabled, obviously you can’t get out and serve for your community but on the other hand, you could do the little things like
Some people very much enjoy serving their community unlike those who despise it and only do it because they are forced to. Like I had said before, the citizens who enjoy public service are the ones that I would want as the leaders of our nation. Leaders should show our world how we do things just as a mother trains her child to recognize right and wrong. Picking up trash for our public areas is a satisfying example. As children we are trained to take care of our home. Would you let someone come into your home and trash it? No? Then why would you allow others to trash our cities? We need to keep our earth as clean as possible before we are dominated by trash and debris. Reduce, reuse, and recycle these were three words I heard constantly as a child but never really put them into practice until our school had a seminar on it and showed us how important it was to keep the plastic to a minimum. “Americans drink enough bottled water every year that they could stretch around the world over 100 times.”(Brita) Although it may seem like on a small gesture using a Brita water is a type of public service. Just by buying a Brita filter you alone could reduce that number by 300.
There is a need to require such service of all American citizens. If you are disabled, obviously you can’t get out and serve for your community but on the other hand, you could do the little things like