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5 The purposes of this program are to (i) provide students the
6 opportunity to contribute to the State's economic well-being while
7 experiencing internal and external benefits, (ii) instill in students the
8 importance of civic engagement through volunteerism, ....
14 Participation in this program shall be a requirement for any
15 baccalaureate degree awarded after January 1, 2012.

Does anyone find a disconnect between providing an opportunity, volunteerism, and participation being a requirement?

A very wide discrepancy, in fact.

And even if you can justify mandatory "volunteerism," why does it have to be mentoring children? How about working with old folks, or environmental projects, or repaving Greensboro streets? Not everyone is cut out for working with kids.

I think you need to watch the movie again. Your facts are way off.

You also seem to be forgetting that Blutarsky became a Senator so he would have been a good role model by some.

"skeet club savage said:
You also seem to be forgetting that Blutarsky became a Senator so he would have been a good role model by some."

Good point. I think Blutarsky was a thinly veiled characterization of Teddy Kennedy.

Sure I need to see the movie again, Ken. But what facts am I off on?

It has been found that once students are required to volunteer their services as a class project they tend to continue long after taking the class. Volunteering is something that has to be taught and most children don't have a role model in their homes to follow as young parents have too much on their plate already. This class requirement than is a teaching tool with mainly good results. The only thing I see wrong with it is as was stated "not everyone is cut out for working with kids.". The students should be given a list of organizations that have been approved and have asked for their services and then permitted to choose their own "fit". BB

1) Blutto peeked into a sorority house window, not a locker room.

2) Pinto's date was 13.

3) Otter's date was the Dean's wife.

I'm not sure where the school bus reference comes from...

Kenny, free yourself from your accountant's mind and grant me some literary license!

Yeah, Kenny. Your dad works for the N&R- where a line-up book with black covers is still a "Black Book". Cut him some slack.

which landed them on mentoring program double secret probation* Doug

Yes! I am remember that part and the Frat started a humanity probation unit to help the local community with the Dean as the Coach of a Monkey Vollyball team.

The Deltas should have bussed some kids over from Omega house to get their fraternity GPA up...

(How did you miss that one, Savage...)

All they needed was the Dotster as the Omega House Mother to
make it happen.

And you're right, I am slipping.

Er...I mean, the Dotster as the Delta House Mother

Brenda, I appreciate the spirit of providing a value enhancing opportunity of doing for others. The younger children start helping others the more natural it becomes to their daily activities. I object to calling this volunteering their time. Call it mandatory community service. Call it required civic engagement. To pretend that it is internally chosen (voluntary) when it is externally mandated is Orwellian.

Doug, point well taken on the limitation of this activity to working with children. There are as many civic opportunities as there are individual's personal styles. An ill-suited mentor can do much more damage than good to both the child and the service provider. How better to turn a person away from volunteering than to put them in an unsuitable and uncomfortable situation where they are bound to perform poorly?

Can I have 10,000 marbles, please? They're to replace the ones they lost at the General Assembly.

Love it.

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