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Originally posted by anotherdad
reply to post by angel of lightangelo
Stop the Obama loving!!!! give me an example. The questions and answers, Take them away. Listen then to the comments. The comments don't concern you. How can those be constrewed? Stop defending and start listening.
Originally posted by angel of lightangelo
Originally posted by anotherdad
reply to post by angel of lightangelo
I never once said anything in praise of Obama. I also never defended him. This is a conspiracy site about denying ignorance right? If it were a UFO or bigfoot, you would welcome the scrutiny, even ask for it. Since it is the object of yout hate, and edited audio track is proof enough? Really?
Originally posted by anotherdad
reply to post by Novise
Please answer, when was there another time this was suggested or immplemented? by whom?
The third part of my plan will be integrating service into education, so that young Americans are called upon and prepared to be active citizens.
Just as we teach math and writing, arts and athletics, we need to teach young Americans to take citizenship seriously. Study after study shows that students who serve do better in school, are more likely to go to college, and more likely to maintain that service as adults. So when I'm President, I will set a goal for all American middle and high school students to perform 50 hours of service a year, and for all college students to perform 100 hours of service a year. This means that by the time you graduate college, you'll have done 17 weeks of service.
We'll reach this goal in several ways. At the middle and high school level, we'll make federal assistance conditional on school districts developing service programs, and give schools resources to offer new service opportunities. At the community level, we'll develop public-private partnerships so students can serve more outside the classroom.
Originally posted by kosmicjack
I'm not sure why everyone is blowing a gasket about community service, compulsory or not. Most private schools and colleges require this already, in support of Humanities curricula.
It's no stretch of the imagination to understand that if we want to improve this country, we all need to help and we all need to better understand the issues we face.
It's also a simple fact that you tend to appreciate something much more when you work for it than when you are given it. One would think that all the conservatives on here would get that, as they are so opposed to any form of government assistance.
No worries though, I'm sure this will be contorted every which way, as it already has, and we will get the same crappy public education system we have gotten for years....