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theareciboincident@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

Volunteering is a common graduation requirement for American high schools and liberal arts college courses.

Got to get them nice and docile for corporate drone life while they’re still in their formative years.

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ech@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago
This is completely incorrect. It is not common at all (honestly I doubt it exists anywhere) to require students to volunteer work for a damn convenience store, or anything of the like. Some might require volunteering with community programs and non-profits, which has nothing to do with making anyone “docile” for future employment. Keep your crap cynicism to yourself and leave proper volunteer programs alone.

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- teamevil@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago
  Yo I never got paid as an intern
  
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  - treadful@lemmy.zip ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago
    While highly abused, internships are narrowly defined by law as educational and not the same as volunteering. I’ve also never heard of high schools requiring them. Usually a requirement for some college/uni degrees.
    
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grue@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago
Not for a fucking for-profit business, it isn’t!

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Sanctus@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago
Ah, yeah didn’t think of this. I volunteered cleaning garbage from nature to get those hours. Seems kind of weird to go work for a corpo for free but I don’t wanna judge people’s options too hard.

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- newthrowaway20@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago
  Yeah if you’re gonna volunteer, do it for something less soul crushing. You got the rest of your life for the soul crushing work.
  
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  - Sanctus@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago
    Can recommend cleanup crews. It feels good to remove tonnes of waste from the environment.
    
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- radicalautonomy@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago
  Did you do it to get your diploma? Or did you do it to maintain membership in the National Honor Society or the Student Council or some such?
  
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  - Sanctus@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago
    It was a specific class at community college. I’m pretty sure it was some sort of “college success” course.
    
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Kusimulkku@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago
This seems to have been in Canada

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