Every member of society should be required before the age of 21 to perform at least 1 year of community or government service, such as in the Piece Corps, the military, a hospital, the Environmental Conservancy Corps, a rural or inner-city schools, or some equivalent organization.
It has been suggested that to improve communities of United States and to solve the problem of too few workers for government services such as Piece Corp or the military, or community services such as environmental groups or schools every member if society before age of 21 should be required to perform 1 year of service to these organizations. Many good things can come from the idea such as this. However, some unforeseen problems may crush some of our freedoms in the process.
Requiring one year government or community service would transform these organizations’ need from having not enough help to being flooded with workers. This could bring about huge changes in the community by giving organizations a man power to fulfill their deeds. Society would benefit greatly from this program by having more role-models in schools, more helpers in clean-up crews for environmental groups, and extra help in hospitals so doctors and nurses can take care of those in need while the volunteers could do the more menial work. The United States would not be the only society to benefit from program like this. Piece Corp could send to countries in need around the globe more people to help natives of those countries to grow better crop and prevent disease.
The Homework on Community Service in High School
Community service, work done without pay, is becoming increasingly familiar to high school students nation-wide. Schools are encouraging student to participate in communities that contribute so much to their public education. However, requiring 100 hours of community service is asking too much of students and should be reduced to 50 hours. Students already have their hands full among homework, ...
Requiring one year of service could work as a job traINIG FOR SOME. They could find that they like working in these organizations and become eventually a permanent workers with a salary. It would also help students to decide what they enjoy doing in their lives and just have more time to think what major to choose and what career to pursue. They would have an extra year to ”experience the real world” before they choose the direction of their lives. For example, I found working in summer camp for 4 months after my first year in college very beneficiary. The result is changing major from elementary education to music education.
However, a program like this would require a large price: individual freedom. Some students of ages between 18 and 21 are responsible enough to decide whether or not they want to help a community or government services. Some of students have already their academic or career future decided. A program like this reminds me of Soviet Union where each male of 18 years old is required to serve for certain time in the military. The people involved in program like this would have their income postponed one year, setting back the purchase of everything from clothes to home. It would also cause a break in between high school and college, increasing the burden of changing to a new school and trying to continue learning from where it was interrupted a year ago. The final thought against one year of communal service is the apathy of workers forced to help an organization when they don’t want to be there. Such workers would do anything to be relieved from their duties.
At first mention, requiring people aged 18 to 21 to give a year of service to government of community organizations sounds like a good idea. It could change our entire world for the better, but it could have some bad effects. People would have to give up some of their cherished beliefs such as freedom and liberty, and would have to postpone their lives for a year, setting back their education, financial well-being, and careers.
The Essay on Skills and Characteristics of Mental Health Human Services Workers BSHS/471
Having a successful human service career depends on the skills and characteristics the social worker brings to the field every day. It is the job of a human service worker to provide both direct and indirect services to clients. He or she provides services and also works towards preserving the client’s wellbeing by assisting the client in various ways from setting appointments to finding the right ...
