The dictionary definition for the term “bleeding heart” (in reference to humans) is “a person who makes an ostentatious or excessive display of pity or concern for others”. It is common for people to refer to themselves or others as having a bleeding heart but it seems increasingly rarer for people to act on this characteristic. There are thousands of charities and organizations just waiting for volunteers to take action, but many times, the only way a student would do community service is if they are forced because they may not see the good that it can incite for both them and others. If high schools could enforce 60 hours of community service, it could drastically change how most students view helping others.
Making 60 hours of community service a requirement for graduation from high school could help students plow over many “roadblocks” on their journey through life such as social interaction. So many teenagers today aren’t quite so fluent in both the silent and verbal interactions that take place every day. This could prohibit them from being able to work as a team for a common goal, sufficiently communicating to present thoughts, ideas, and feelings, and making important decisions that could affect more than one person. Doing community service could provide students with the opportunity to sharpen these necessary skills to make it through daily life and feel successful about the decisions they made.
Our world is filled with various, extremely unfortunate, circumstances that occur every single day. For instance, homelessness, trauma, disability, poverty, even animal abuse. For most people, this is just something that they hear about but never see so they can’t possibly grasp the idea of just how greatly these situations affect others. Encouraging students to volunteer with outreaching organizations could result in growing feelings of compassion and understanding for others. This may spur them to be slower to judge others by what they can only see and instead look for the facts or details. In turn, they could gain compassion and make community service a lifelong habit.
One final effect of doing community service, would be that students could develop a sense of accomplishment in themselves. Being able to help others and know that they are doing something right could very greatly improve a person’s sense of self worth. To be able to see the joy on another’s face because of something that they did could be extremely beneficial to a person’s emotional and mental health. This would be very helpful seeing as our society’s mental and emotional health seem to be declining ever so slowly. After all, a society built on sound minds could only be more beneficial to the health and well-being of the whole.
Making community service mandatory for graduation could have so many benefits not only for the students performing it but the others that it is done for. It could have good short term and long term effects and overall, result in a healthier community.
Making 60 hours of community service a requirement for graduation from high school could help students plow over many “roadblocks” on their journey through life such as social interaction. So many teenagers today aren’t quite so fluent in both the silent and verbal interactions that take place every day. This could prohibit them from being able to work as a team for a common goal, sufficiently communicating to present thoughts, ideas, and feelings, and making important decisions that could affect more than one person. Doing community service could provide students with the opportunity to sharpen these necessary skills to make it through daily life and feel successful about the decisions they made.
Our world is filled with various, extremely unfortunate, circumstances that occur every single day. For instance, homelessness, trauma, disability, poverty, even animal abuse. For most people, this is just something that they hear about but never see so they can’t possibly grasp the idea of just how greatly these situations affect others. Encouraging students to volunteer with outreaching organizations could result in growing feelings of compassion and understanding for others. This may spur them to be slower to judge others by what they can only see and instead look for the facts or details. In turn, they could gain compassion and make community service a lifelong habit.
One final effect of doing community service, would be that students could develop a sense of accomplishment in themselves. Being able to help others and know that they are doing something right could very greatly improve a person’s sense of self worth. To be able to see the joy on another’s face because of something that they did could be extremely beneficial to a person’s emotional and mental health. This would be very helpful seeing as our society’s mental and emotional health seem to be declining ever so slowly. After all, a society built on sound minds could only be more beneficial to the health and well-being of the whole.
Making community service mandatory for graduation could have so many benefits not only for the students performing it but the others that it is done for. It could have good short term and long term effects and overall, result in a healthier community.
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