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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I graduated HS in the 90s and had close to 250 hours of community service. I also worked and babysat and was fairly active in clubs and activities.

My sophomore has close to 200 hours, has an activity that consumes roughly 18-20hrs/week of his time. He also works one night per week.

There’s time, if you make it.

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Not for all kids. Some kids have APs (and it takes longer to keep grades up and no they should not have to give that up just to volunteer). Some kids are high performing athletes that travel around for tournaments, etc. Some have to work jobs beyond the occasional day or two here and there.

My kid falls into at least two of these and it makes it extremely difficult to get service hours. And when she does -and she does- it feels more like a chore than it should feel (and I say that as someone who volunteers a lot on my own).

That's great your kid has so much time and is so organized to make it work. This is just not simply the case for them all.[/quote]

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