Comments on: Community service http://www.redrag.net/2005/02/21/community-service/ "The thinking Laborite would as lief be found in bed with a cobra as in a committee room armed with 'arguments' from the Tory press." --- Truth, Perth, 19 June 1915. Mon, 02 Jun 2008 10:29:18 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Robert http://www.redrag.net/2005/02/21/community-service/comment-page-1/#comment-8582 Robert Wed, 23 Feb 2005 11:09:04 +0000 http://www.redrag.net/2005/02/21/community-service/#comment-8582 As I mentioned, Observa, it's compulsory in our law degree. Actually, we have to do general community service --- I worked in a soup kitchen --- as well as a stint with Legal Aid. As I mentioned, Observa, it’s compulsory in our law degree. Actually, we have to do general community service — I worked in a soup kitchen — as well as a stint with Legal Aid.

]]> By: observa http://www.redrag.net/2005/02/21/community-service/comment-page-1/#comment-8578 observa Wed, 23 Feb 2005 08:21:16 +0000 http://www.redrag.net/2005/02/21/community-service/#comment-8578 What's your feeling on extending it to uni degrees Rob? What’s your feeling on extending it to uni degrees Rob?

]]> By: C.L. http://www.redrag.net/2005/02/21/community-service/comment-page-1/#comment-8569 C.L. Wed, 23 Feb 2005 03:34:59 +0000 http://www.redrag.net/2005/02/21/community-service/#comment-8569 Gallop Youth. Will the wearing of lederhosen be prescribed for those big exercise sessions in the morning? Gallop Youth. Will the wearing of lederhosen be prescribed for those big exercise sessions in the morning?

]]> By: liam hogan http://www.redrag.net/2005/02/21/community-service/comment-page-1/#comment-8562 liam hogan Tue, 22 Feb 2005 23:22:08 +0000 http://www.redrag.net/2005/02/21/community-service/#comment-8562 I have re-read the post, shamefacedly and found that it's 20 hours <b>in total</b>, not 20 hours <b>a week</b>. I'm no longer against it but feel real dumb. I have re-read the post, shamefacedly and found that it’s 20 hours in total, not 20 hours a week.
I’m no longer against it but feel real dumb.

]]> By: Robert http://www.redrag.net/2005/02/21/community-service/comment-page-1/#comment-8551 Robert Tue, 22 Feb 2005 09:44:08 +0000 http://www.redrag.net/2005/02/21/community-service/#comment-8551 Yeah, the trackback thing is just temporary until I have time to deal with it. I'm moving to 1.5 ASAP, having already mucked around with it pre-release elsewhere. Yeah, the trackback thing is just temporary until I have time to deal with it. I’m moving to 1.5 ASAP, having already mucked around with it pre-release elsewhere.

]]> By: miss p. http://www.redrag.net/2005/02/21/community-service/comment-page-1/#comment-8550 miss p. Tue, 22 Feb 2005 06:22:51 +0000 http://www.redrag.net/2005/02/21/community-service/#comment-8550 Aw, you turned off trackbacks! <a href="http://www.pissnvinegar.com/2005/02/22/citizenship/">I posted about this.</a> (And if you were up to 1.5, whichever spamfilter you use right now would work on trackbacks too. Just sayin'.) Aw, you turned off trackbacks! I posted about this.

(And if you were up to 1.5, whichever spamfilter you use right now would work on trackbacks too. Just sayin’.)

]]> By: miss piss http://www.redrag.net/2005/02/21/community-service/comment-page-1/#comment-8549 miss piss Tue, 22 Feb 2005 05:08:23 +0000 http://www.redrag.net/2005/02/21/community-service/#comment-8549 I reckon I would have done upwards of a hundred hours that would qualify as community service as far as they're concerned -- I was a house captain, I read to the littler kids at the primary school up the street, I umpired a couple of things. I was a bus monitor, for Chrissakes, and that was a half hour trip just about every school day for 30-odd weeks. I reckon I would have done upwards of a hundred hours that would qualify as community service as far as they’re concerned — I was a house captain, I read to the littler kids at the primary school up the street, I umpired a couple of things. I was a bus monitor, for Chrissakes, and that was a half hour trip just about every school day for 30-odd weeks.

]]> By: liam hogan http://www.redrag.net/2005/02/21/community-service/comment-page-1/#comment-8548 liam hogan Tue, 22 Feb 2005 04:07:48 +0000 http://www.redrag.net/2005/02/21/community-service/#comment-8548 Damn... I'm with Yobbo on this one. This is just another form of conscription, which would have pissed me off if I'd had to do it when I was in school. That it's probably a good idea doesn't change the fact that it has nothing to do with education. Point two: if I was in a nursing home I wouldn't like the idea of a younger version of me working for my benefit. It'd be enough to make me push my Zimmer frame screaming from the place. Of course it'd be better than my actaul experience. I spent my 20 hours a week, after I turned 15, being exploited by a multinational chain fast food restaurant, which taught me the values of: 1. Never volunteering for anything 2. Pilfering 3. Not imagining that $5.04 an hour is a fair wage 4. Trade unionism. Damn… I’m with Yobbo on this one. This is just another form of conscription, which would have pissed me off if I’d had to do it when I was in school. That it’s probably a good idea doesn’t change the fact that it has nothing to do with education.
Point two: if I was in a nursing home I wouldn’t like the idea of a younger version of me working for my benefit. It’d be enough to make me push my Zimmer frame screaming from the place.
Of course it’d be better than my actaul experience. I spent my 20 hours a week, after I turned 15, being exploited by a multinational chain fast food restaurant, which taught me the values of:
1. Never volunteering for anything
2. Pilfering
3. Not imagining that $5.04 an hour is a fair wage
4. Trade unionism.

]]> By: Francis Xavier Holden http://www.redrag.net/2005/02/21/community-service/comment-page-1/#comment-8541 Francis Xavier Holden Mon, 21 Feb 2005 09:39:58 +0000 http://www.redrag.net/2005/02/21/community-service/#comment-8541 Cadets and sport were just institutionalised bullying when I was at school. Come to think of it so was most teaching. Cadets and sport were just institutionalised bullying when I was at school. Come to think of it so was most teaching.

]]> By: Nic White http://www.redrag.net/2005/02/21/community-service/comment-page-1/#comment-8540 Nic White Mon, 21 Feb 2005 09:16:55 +0000 http://www.redrag.net/2005/02/21/community-service/#comment-8540 Messing around doing nothing instead of going to class isnt really going to help students in their education is it? Frank, yeah it could be worse, but I reject it in principle as well as in practicallity. Robert, you could still foster that attitude without something as excessive as making it compulsory. Like I said, I would support it being strongly encouraged. Messing around doing nothing instead of going to class isnt really going to help students in their education is it?

Frank, yeah it could be worse, but I reject it in principle as well as in practicallity.

Robert, you could still foster that attitude without something as excessive as making it compulsory. Like I said, I would support it being strongly encouraged.

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