Summer? One hour a week instead of recess? I'm really seeing something more like the CCC, but I suspect if school kids are involved the service could become part of their education - painting the schools, mentoring younger children, etc..
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Civilian_Conservation_Corps On Sun, Nov 9, 2008 at 5:03 PM, Michael Dinowitz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > My son Moshe leaves school at 5:30 and gets home at 6:00. He has homework and > helps out some with his siblings. He also has school for half a day on > Sunday. When is he supposed to do his 'service'? And that's just one example. > > A single parent with more than one child may need the older one(s) at home to > help with the younger one(s). So what's more important? National service or > helping a parent. And that's a single parent. What of 2 parents, both who > work to make ends meet with the same children situation as above. And the > examples go on. > > Voluntary national service is one thing - mandatory is another. And I'm > really upset with some of the nasty negative comments about children I've > heard here. It shows me who on this list doesn't have children...or > shouldn't. I'm a parent and while my children are not perfect, they are not > "annoying little dumbfucks". ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| 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:279566 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5
