I think it's good. They have put it in effect in this county already where high school students have to volunteer 40hrs or they don't graduate. Lets them see whats really out there in the real world, not just hanging out with their friend or working at a fast food joint.
-----Original Message----- From: Judah McAuley [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Sunday, November 09, 2008 1:40 AM To: cf-community Subject: Thoughts on national service Obama is proposing a pretty broad program of national service geared toward middle school, high school and college students. At one point it was being discussed as mandatory. Now the language looks to have softened. http://change.gov/americaserves/ What do people think about the idea of mandatory national service? Personally, I like the idea. I think that serving your country is patriotic and could help get a lot done. I have some practical qualms, wondering if we'd be able to effectively use the volunteer power at hand or if it would really go to waste. I'd also be concerned about kids that are working a lot in addition to school. How much time do they really have? But 50 hours a year seems pretty doable for most situations and I really do like the ideal. Thoughts? Judah ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;207172674;29440083;f Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:279471 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
