In spite of the fact that volunteering is a personal choice, nowadays, it is a

requirement to graduate from school. Student should do 30-40 hours of community

services to graduate. Many people are with it strongly. However, in my opinion
mandatory volunteering is not a good idea. Making community service compulsory
negates the intended purpose. How would it be volunteering if you were mandated
to do it? It is not volunteering if the students are required to do it.

Nowadays, even though there seems to be more social awareness in the world, there
are few volunteer students in high school, so some schools are starting to force
students to volunteer in order to graduate. However, students live very different lives
and do very different things; some have better economic stability and others need to
make sacrifices and go out to work to get ahead, which is admiring. For the latter, the
economic factor is very important in their daily lives. I believe that mandatory
volunteering economically affects low-income students and generates more poverty.

First, it is difficult to be forced to volunteer for someone who comes from a low-income
family. There are children who have to work because they are the support of their
family or to pay their own bills, but in addition to that, they need to manage their time
for projects, homework, studies and have at least a little social life. These guys have to
take time off from their jobs to volunteer, which means losing money for them. In a
rudimentary way, it can be said that this line of thinking is based on the fact that,
finally, time is money. Second, volunteering involves spending money during activities.
Despite offering your work for free, you also have to pay not only for the trip, but also
for the stay. You have to pay for food, accommodation and sometimes you have to
make a donation to be in a certain protected area. Although many people say that little
money is spent on volunteering, low-income students are hit hard financially. Finally,
mandatory volunteering for low-income people generates more poverty as a
consequence of stopping working and the economic expense they must incur.
Furthermore, if poverty increases, it is also not possible to achieve sustainable
development, which means satisficing people's needs without affecting others.

In conclusion, demanding volunteering that affects the economy of low-income

students and increase poverty is an oxymoron. The universities, in spite of trying to
help, do not realize they can affect other people. It’s good to see the efforts to help,
but if we want to achieve sustainable development, it’s important to focus on all
aspects and make decisions strategically.