Question

does this look ok Most high schools make high schoolers volunteering mandatory. Some people think volunteering is good for high schoolers and some think volunteering pointless. Volunteering should not be required to graduate high school.

Volunteering can take a toll on high school students' mental health. Mountains of homework combined with rigorous extracurriculars can lead to dangerously high levels of stress. Students can struggle to pass classes and live up to expectations inside and outside of school.

Volunteering won’t help high school students learn new skills. Parents are worried their children will not learn the benefits of volunteering because they will look at it as another homework assignment. Students will contribute the minimum hours required and participate only to get a good grade. Many worry this trend could lead to students not volunteering in other community projects because they will look at it as a mandatory assignment.

Some people believe that volunteering should be required to graduate high school. Volunteering can help with high schoolers mental health, as explained in this article, Volunteering Can Help Teens Facing Emotional Challenges. However, volunteering may only be helpful if the high school students want to volunteer.

To conclude,volunteering should not be mandatory for high school students. High school students have multiple stressors during the year; mandatory volunteering means additional stress. Studies have shown that mandatory volunteering can take a negative effect on student’s mental health. You can do change this by asking the school administrator to delete this requirement which will result in less stress for high school students.