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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Why do they even have this silly requirement in middle school?[/quote]

Some free labor for schools.[/quote]

+1 Bingo.[/quote]

It was part of the state wide civics curriculum.  To help kids learn to be citizens that contribute to collective society.

It is also a part of the National Junior Honor Society--with the idea that part of Honor is not just academic merit but service to your community.

Anyone who works for a middle school knows that their "labor"-is often more work than it's worth, so I highly doubt that "free labor" figures in to the calculation.  [/quote]

Does the state-wide civics curriculum also teach kids that there is a word for being forced to work against your will - namely, "slavery"?[/quote]

So, do you object to homework?  Standardized testing?

The whole premise of public school is that kids do things in return for a diploma.  If you consider that slavery then why aren't you homeschooling?  Why are you complaining about the one, most flexible, piece of this so called slavery.  [/quote]

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