Topics: Some people think that all teenagers should be required to

do unpaid work in their free time to help the local community. They
believe this would benefit both the individual teenager and society
as a whole. Do you agree or disagree?
Benefits of community service for individual teenagers:
• Get/receive a little boost in their mood
-Cultivate friendships with other volunteers
-Strengthen their community and social network
• build social skills and improve critical thinking skills
• enhance/foster their awareness of social issues such as poverty,
homelessness and pollution.
• Provides better job prospects because voluntary experience
indicated in the application reveals an openness to teamwork and a
talent for innovation
• be eligible for certain scholarship assistance or financial aid
• improve their overall health by participating in voluntary physical
activities (e.g, environmental cleanup)
Benefits of community service for society:
• provide the perfect setting for adults and teenagers to have a better
understanding of each other.
• receive assistance from adolescents to support people in need (the
poor, the elderly) and tackle environmental issues.
• An effective tool to educate teenagers to become productive
members of society.
• Keep teenagers from committing Juvenile crime/ delinquency
àprevent the crime rate from increasing rapidly
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