[squirrely girl]

my continuing two-cents -

i also have to look at the private vs public school issue. i have always looked at a private school education as better than public (even though i got a perfectly fine public education). a lot of parents of school children (especially in ohio) are complaining that public schools aren't cutting it and want vouchers for private ones.

i think that mandating "public service" <---- not "forced volunteering, cause there is a difference> for hs grads is just one more way that some private schools are getting ahead of the public schools.

i completely agree with italianaxo -

/////Schools are designed to produce productive members of society, not only to impart facts. Schools do not require enough of their students, nor do they give enough support. A well designed community service programs enhances students knowledge of the world and ability to work with others. ////


too many kids come out of hs today without a sense of the world. i grew up in a great neighborhood - but through public service i was able to see first-hand the rest of the world.

and i definetely agree with some of the other posts. sounds like a whiny hs student who doesn't want to put down his PS2 long enough to rake some leaves at a park. WAH WAH. do it.

marissa