"Required" public service? Is it hazing?

[James]

I read the original article, I read the points that were made, and I am obviously missing something.

Someone please clear this up for me?

The point of the article seems to be that these kids are being required to perform service in order to graduate. Something above and beyond the normal educational curriculuum.

So the article makes the point that if you are forcing it, its not public service anymore. True. There is no spirit of volunteerism.

We can all agree on that? Without choice you are not a volunteer?
I mean being forced to do something and then saying some of us liked it anyway has never been much of a defense has it?

And yes, if a GLO mandated it and someone claimed to be harmed by it, it would technically be hazing. But no one is likely to get excited about it until someone gets hurt.