Lilpup Member Username: Lilpup
Post Number: 3407 Registered: 06-2004
| Posted on Saturday, February 02, 2008 - 4:58 am: | |
Reading the newspapers - the mayor's scandal, the lawsuit about sex abuse in women's prisons, the crime, so many negative things - kids need to be trained away from anti-social activities and lifestyles. How about a few schools that focus on community service? Alongside the basics have classes in problem resolution, community involvement and responsibility, various aspects of how communities work, a class or two a year that works on real community projects in conjunction with businesses or charities. |
Bulletmagnet Member Username: Bulletmagnet
Post Number: 963 Registered: 01-2007
| Posted on Saturday, February 02, 2008 - 10:42 am: | |
Lilpup, we already have this, its called PRISON! |
6nois Member Username: 6nois
Post Number: 637 Registered: 11-2006
| Posted on Saturday, February 02, 2008 - 11:02 am: | |
If I remember correctly from my H.S. days the state is in the process of making community service mandatory, for graduation. I always loved the idea of forced volunteering so people would see the good in it. LOL. |
401don Member Username: 401don
Post Number: 252 Registered: 11-2007
| Posted on Saturday, February 02, 2008 - 11:51 am: | |
They started requiring 40 hours of community involvement in order to graduate from Ontario high schools about 7-8 yrs. ago. It's ridiculous where kids "volunteer" and what gets accepted. Several kids hang around our tennis club to get credit. |
Lilpup Member Username: Lilpup
Post Number: 3412 Registered: 06-2004
| Posted on Saturday, February 02, 2008 - 12:01 pm: | |
I was envisioning the classes taking on specific projects instead of just requiring service time. Short projects could be done in one semester. Longer projects could be segmented and spread out across years. |
Lefty2 Member Username: Lefty2
Post Number: 1079 Registered: 07-2007
| Posted on Saturday, February 02, 2008 - 1:29 pm: | |
How about forcing parents to do community service to their kids who don't graduate. |
Irish_mafia Member Username: Irish_mafia
Post Number: 1200 Registered: 10-2003
| Posted on Saturday, February 02, 2008 - 1:42 pm: | |
Send them to the Jesuits and they will be just fine. |
Bulletmagnet Member Username: Bulletmagnet
Post Number: 972 Registered: 01-2007
| Posted on Saturday, February 02, 2008 - 3:37 pm: | |
Lefty2, since you started, how about we make Dads be Dads and bring up their kids instead of me (via mother government) doing it? |