If it’s required, then it isn’t volunteering.
There’s a term for that, it’s called being voluntold to do something.
I get volunteered for shit at work all the time.
Yeah hated this shit in school. What they don’t tell you is when you unleash all the kids in the highschools at the same fucking time to get 40 hours of volunteer hours during the same couple months the opportunities for volunteering get severely limited. Worse if you’re in a smaller city/town
School should provide the opportunities if needed yo alleviate demand
Calm down Che Guevara. Better things to be upset about than getting kids involved in their local communities.
Just because there are other things doesn’t mean we can’t be upset about “mandatory volunteering” which is an oxymoron.
I mean, just look at you. Getting upset about some opinion online. You sure you aren’t the Che Guevara?
Awe dude
to be upset about than getting kids involved in their local communities.
Nobody made this claim. Are you replying to the correct comment?
I’m replying to the right one.
Then you’re hallucinating, because I never said anything like what you’re accusing me of. Not even close.
Then again, most people replying to my comment have severe deficiencies in both vocabulary and reading comprehension, so this doesn’t surprise me.
Best of luck with that!
Yep. Definitely the correct one.
I agree, but I still think they should call it that. For some kids, it’ll build a passion for volunteer work and then they will choose to do it. If you call it something else then that might not happen as often.
Had this at my school, if it is fun you don’t get any of this thing we called it social hours, it is basically just a way to get kids to work.
True, but it’s still work that’s usually volunteering work. So it’s probably a good idea to call it volunteering so the kids associate it with that. It’s to give kids a taste of what kind of work volunteers do so they might do it voluntarily in the future (like the kid in this post).
Personally I also didn’t really mind it in school. I had to spend a few days at a thrift store and had lots of fun. They installed Ubuntu on their laptops, which was my first contact with Linux. I got to help customers with that. And one time we were moving a couch and accidentally hit a stand that wasn’t attached properly. It fell over and almost hit a customer lol.
They only call it volunteering because they don’t want to pay for the work.
Volunteering should be … voluntary
That’s so fucking cute
This is a great idea
Nuzzling kitties is the best!
how do we volunteer in this role?
Call your local shelter.
I actually just checked one now, only option is gardening volunteer. But maybe I should keep looking.
If you think you’re too good to get your hands dirty planting new-cat seeds, and you just want to enjoy them once they leave the vine, you’ve really got some thinking to do.
No they ask for gardening experience. This is a serious gardening volunteering job with designing flower beds and what not. It is not digging dirt and throwing seeds around randomly. Also it is for a dog shelter…
I was just fooling around.
Cats have a spell over us I think
A spell called toxoplasmosis.
Hooray for cat loving mind control worms! 🥳
As if the little buggers need it.
I’m already under their spell, if I caught toxoplasmosis, I wonder how much more fanatic I could get. I’ve been a big cat fan for several decades and I’m toxo negative so far - apparently it’s easier to get by working in the garden. I should probably get my hands dirty more often.
Kid looks really good with the kitties!
Or rather. The kitties looks really good with him, heh.
That’s how they get you.
