I Do Not Want To Voluntary You Got A Problem With That?

Actually, it used to be called slavery. Given the 0bamunist's lineage... slave owner on his mother's side, and slave trader on his father's Arab-African side... he has no problem with that idea at all. It's in his blood. What community service is his daughters currently performing? Actually working for yourself for profit is what made this country great. The liberal notion of entitlement and being owed is what created the mess we have now.

I don't know. When I was in high school I did 2 different volunteer jobs that I enjoyed very much. One was reading to the very little kids at a story hour I ran from the library and the other was working with the elderly at the local nursing home. I loved both these jobs and even though I didn't get paid for them in cash, they were rewarding to me in other ways. I learned to be compasionate to young and old. I learned that people are people no matter what their age. I learned that people of any age can have valid input. Volunteer work can be very enlightening and rewarding as well as teach young folks a decent work ethic. It is not about the money, it's about finding something you love and doing it. The money should be a bonus factor and maybe that is what people will get out of these types of experiences. I don't agree with making this a forced thing, however there are far too many people out there with the attitude of if I don't get paid for it then it's not worth it. That allows for a very "it's all about me" attitude in this country and if we don't begin helping each other soon then we are going to find a lot bigger problems right around the corner.

Have you read "Atlas Shrugged"?

Here in Ontario, the kids have to put in so many hours of volunteering before they finish high school or they don't get their diploma.

The way I look at it Obama is signing it into law....so no matter what our tax dollars are going to do to paying for "volunteers". So sence I am already paying for someone to do the job why should I do it? Do you pay someone to mow your yard and then turn around and mow it yourself? No. So why do it when I am already paying someone else to do the work. By the way.....it is not volunteering. Once you get a dime for it....it is called a job. So what these people are doing IS NOT volunteering.

Here is what the 0bama crowd fails to understand, voluntary means that the person chose of their own free will to do it. If it is MANDATORY it is no longer a VOLUNTEER activity by it's very definition. If you choose to do something out of the kindness of your heart, there is nothing wrong with that so long as it is your CHOICE whether or not to do so. There is no such thing as mandatory volunteerism, the moment the activity becomes a requirement, it is no longer voluntary. Forced unpaid labor is slavery, plain and simple. I'll not let anyone enslave my children. If my kid wants to volunteer for something, that is my kid's choice, you cannot FORCE somebody to volunteer, because then it is not voluntary!

Sounds sensible. Volunteering means having a choice, not being forced to do it. So someone will volunteer to help at a soup kitchen because they have time on their hands and want to do something for the less fortunate. People will volunteer to help Second Harvest but they are not doing it because they have to, they are doing it because they want to. And they are not doing it in place of getting a paying job, they are doing it in place of watching Tv, going to movies, etc. sitting at home and eating bon bons. Obama has forgotten that. He thinks volunteerism is something you are forced to do to show that you are a tRUE follower of Obama.

Awww come on now, why don't you want to come home after working 8 or more hours a day, with most of your money going to taxes. Then go out and do mandatory, voluntary work for another 3 or 4?

I really don't think that a teen seeing other parts of life through volunteer work is the worst thing in the world to befall our kids. Lets all jump to the conclusion that these kids will have to sacrifice years of their lives, sweating and toiling away in sweat shops across America. And what's wrong with feeling better about yourself or wanting to make the world a better place? Come on, get a grip. Education is mandatory until 16 years of age. That is a law. Are you throwing a fit over that? No, why? Children need to be educated. Volunteering can take many forms and possibly be worked into the high school curriculum for credit. Schools have all kinds of requirements for graduation, maybe a semester of volunteer work could be a substitute for a PE credit or a humanities credit. Maybe they will bag food at a food bank for a couple hours a week, or read stories at an after school program. I know sounds horrible. Or go and talk to some elderly people at a nursing home, or help take care of animals at a humane society. Help teach some local kids basketball, soccer, baseball at a boys or girls club. There are so many things that can be learned from volunteering. Do I think that there will have to be limits to maybe 2 hours a week? Yes, I think that would be reasonable. Do I think that there would have to be options that would cover every spectrum of possibility, yes, so that each teen could find something that they would be interested in. There would have to be opportunities for kids to earn their hours on weekends, after school, or during breaks, or over the summer. Whatever would work best for the kid. I have done quite a bit of volunteering. In high school and in college. I have never regretted doing any of it. And yes, some of it wasn't easy. With some projects I got dirty and ended up quite tired by the end of it. My experiences made me more appreciative of what I have, of my family and friends, my job and the things I am able to surround myself with. Volunteering made me think outside myself, something that I think most teens could use a lesson.

I would love to VOLUNTARY to teach you how to spell correctly. There's this magical book called a dictionary. And if you can't spell "volunteer" yet claim to have read Atlas Shrugged. There's something fishy about that. I smell a troll.

It is not always about a 'feel good factor' nor is it often about feeling holier than others. For me, volunteering has helped me gain the much-required work experience to gain admission into uni. The life skills gained (including free training, supervision, mentoring) far surpassed my expectations from a work-for-free setting. Without all that experience, I could not have hoped to find a paid job with so much competition from more experienced people in the same age bracket. So, yes, pumping my resume with all the little volunteering stints surely has helped me go places; not to forget the confidence and networking it helped me build. The only paid jobs I could have found at that time (2 years ago) were in the supermarket or postoffice. I would be stagnating if I had chosen that option!