17 Responses to “Is Obama Really Going To Make Teens Do 50+ Hours Of Community Service A Year?”

1. baronala said on June 25th, 2009 at 6:15 pm

   It seems like a way to further control people to me, give them another obligation to the government at an early age.

2. Snookie Baby!!! said on June 25th, 2009 at 7:35 pm

   How is volunteering wasting time, 50 hours in a year to help people out is nothing. I’m 17 and I don’t believe it’s a retarded idea, while I hate when I have to do garbage pick up and things like that and would hate doing many other things but I don’t hate everything. It will look good on their resumes and could possibly help them decide what they want to do with their lives instead of wasting time in school “finding themselves” and never being able to decide. I found out what I wanted to do with my life finally and unlike many I won’t get into it thinking I’ll like it and hate it and work at McDonald’s or some other job instead because I hate it.

3. dabears5… said on June 25th, 2009 at 7:54 pm

   I think its a great idea. its about time students stopped looking for a handout and gave something back to their communty for a change besides Nintendo
   If you have time to waste posting questions like this, then you have time to do some volunteering. Too many teens and adults for that matter have their hand out for something from the government but give nothing in return.
   Volunteering is not a waste. Just look up what John F. Kennedy said during his speech. “Ask not what your country can do for you, but what you can do for your country.”

4. dabears5… said on June 25th, 2009 at 10:42 pm

   It’s not a bad idea, and I’d be curious how a middle school or high school kid doesn’t have time? I’m currently a double major, Electrical Engineer / Middle East-Arabic studies, and an editor at my school newspaper. I still serve much more than 50 hours a year on community service projects. Oh I forgot to mention the USMC reserve part
   Maybe it’ll teach you guys some time management as well.
   Cheers

5. Dubz said on June 26th, 2009 at 12:50 am

   Several School Districts already have this requirement. Most kids volunteer through friends and family. But some, the more adventurous really get into it and it changes who they are, how they think, and how they view people.
   If your already volunteering great, but wouldn’t you like to see some of your class mates do something for others, be a little less self centered.

6. Long live the masturbating bear said on June 26th, 2009 at 6:14 am

   I think its a great idea. I live in Canada (sp. Ontario) and it is mandatory to do 30 hours of community service to recieve your high school diploma. Honestly, its not that bad….it goes by pretty fast, you can get scholarships if you earned a lot, it keeps teens from being a bunch of lazy s’hits, and you can always stick it on your resume.
   Its HARDLY a waste… grow up.

7. Peter H said on June 26th, 2009 at 10:36 am

   Not that I’ve heard. I think he has a community service plan for people who opt to join in.
   They could have taken that and misconstrued it. I really doubt he will force teenagers to do 50 hours of community service a year. He’d lose a lot of votes.

8. Jeff M said on June 26th, 2009 at 3:00 pm

   Up here in BC (a province in the magical land of Canada), work experience or community hours are required for graduation from high school.
   Its not that difficult. The only trouble is that here, they keep changing the requirments for graduation…

9. Baby Pool Toys said on June 26th, 2009 at 7:09 pm

   According to Obama’s Blueprints for Change (available at http://www.barackobama.com), the exchange for a $4000 tax credit for higher education for US students would be repaid with 100 hours of community service a year.

10. claire_a said on June 26th, 2009 at 11:46 pm

    The way I understood the idea behind the program was that any student that accepted Federal aid for college tuition would be obligated to do a certain amount of community service or owed time to teaching, the military, Americorps…etc

11. Baby Doll Strollers said on June 27th, 2009 at 5:06 am

    i think it a good idea and i hope he does some schools already do this. i think it a great way to teach kids about community and how inportant it is to be part of a community.

12. Canadian Fundamentalist said on June 27th, 2009 at 11:09 am

    i think it it is a great idea. my old high school had requirements and it was actually fun (60 hours a year starting sophomore year) and i did over 300+ hours…..

13. negoblle said on June 27th, 2009 at 11:19 am

    community service in exchange for money for college sounds like a win-win to me
    nobody will be forced to do community service

14. John Z said on June 27th, 2009 at 1:10 pm

    Why not? That’s all Obama has on HIS resume. Look where it got him.
    And as far as kids not having enough time, maybe you’re right. Heaven forbid volunteering should cut into playing Wii games.

15. natasha b said on June 27th, 2009 at 1:17 pm

    true.
    It will be a requirement to graduate.

16. Hopeless said on June 27th, 2009 at 3:26 pm

    No that’s 50 hours a week.

17. minute4u said on June 27th, 2009 at 4:16 pm

    yea true so vote mccain