11-24-2009
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Community Service
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Subject: More Mandatory Community Service for Students
In an earlier article, I reported that the
Lockport Township, IL School District was considering imposing mandatory
community service on all high school students as a requirement for
their graduation. Well, as
this
follow up article indicates, they accomplished their mission.
LTHS District 205: Community service added as curriculum
requirement
Beginning next school year, Lockport Township High School
students are going to have to give back to the community
in order to graduate.
The LTHS District 205 Board of Education on Nov. 16 approved
a final proposal to add community service to the school's
curriculum beginning with the 2010-11 school year. The
program will be introduced on a scale to all classes, with
the Class of 2014 and all future classes required to complete
40 hours, while the Class of 2011 will be required to complete
10 hours. The Class of 2012 will be required to complete 20
hours while the Class of 2013 has to finish 30 hours.
Adding the curriculum requirement was approved by the board
with a 6 to 1 vote. Michael Lewandowski was the lone
dissenting vote.
[...]
All other students will be able to choose from a list of
government and community organizations to complete the hours.
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The kids never had a chance. Once the fundamental principle of an
individual's right to their own life was breached, and the government
was handed the power to impose mandatory education on our youth, there
was no effective argument remaining to protect them from the imposition
of any other form of involuntary servitude.
And these Illinois children are not alone. In the Arizona Central, a
"recent news article" states:
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Service teaches impact on community
Some public-school districts, such as the Deer Valley Unified
School District, require seniors to perform 8-10 hours of
community service as part of the American/Arizona Government
and AP United States Government and Politics/Economics classes.
The Gilbert Classical Academy in Gilbert Public Schools
requires community service hours. Other districts, such
as the Glendale Union High School District and the Agua
Fria Union High School District, have community service
built into the curriculum.
Debbie Peters, a curriculum and instruction specialist for
Deer Valley Unified, said the community service requirement
has been a part of the curriculum for a number of years. It
is meant to teach students about being active citizens in a
democratic society.
"Having that requirement helps show students that they are a
valuable part of the community and when they do good things,
the community is a good place to live," she said.
Mike Barrera, a government teacher at Barry Goldwater High
School, said he wants his students to come away with a
feeling of doing something good for people.
He hopes students will continue to seek out community service
opportunities after graduation.
"The value of what they're doing now comes in when they're
doing it on their own," he said.
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"It is meant to teach students about being active citizens in a
democratic society." The obvious lesson to be learned is that
an active citizen in a democratic society is one who is commanded
into action by an authority.
"Having that requirement helps show students that they are a
valuable part of the community and when they do good things, the
community is a good place to live." This is a load of crap.
If something is good to do, then people choose to do it voluntarily.
Being forced to perform community service says that the community is
good for me, when you are forced to do what I
want you to do. The lesson is that others have decided that you
owe an obligation to your community and you will be forced into
discharging that duty, regardless of what you may think or choose.
"Mike Barrera, ... said he wants his students to come away with a
feeling of doing something good for people." And there it is.
School is not about education, which is an intellectual pursuit.
Instead, it is all about socialization, which is mindless
emotional indoctrination.
"The value of what they're doing now comes in when they're doing
it on their own." Because, that's when we know that the
indoctrination has taken root and the active, independent mind has
been ground out of existence.
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