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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My view as a parent is that you should suck it up and be useful to society even if you don’t feel like it. I never feel like spending time in a warehouse. I have a genuine interest in sleeping in on the weekends. But I sign myself up to package goods or sort donations anyway.  [/quote]

I am useful to society by obeying the law, having a job, paying taxes, raising my kids properly, etc. The idea that I have any other obligation to go do things I don't want to do "to be useful to society" is preposterous.[/quote]

Personally, I am so glad that the people in my (and my kids') orbit do not share your worldview.[/quote]

Are you sure this is a true statement?  Again, more than 80% of all adults don't do any community service.

This 20% includes parents who coach their kid's sports team...and most don't do that for charitable reasons quite honestly.  Remove that, and you probably are well under 10% of all adults.[/quote]

10% is one and 10.  Be one of the one in 10 instead of being a freeloader.[/quote]

And if you can't be or won't be, you are like most people.  But there is absolutely nothing wrong with colleges trying to find the one in 10.[/quote]

There is also absolutely nothing wrong with colleges not caring if you are the one in 10...which is what many of us are communicating, even for the very top schools.  They want you to be productive in whatever you pursue, which may not include much of any CS.[/quote]

Completely agree.  Some institutions may place a value on showing responsibility to a community and some place of value on other things.[/quote]

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