Several charitable organizations in Pleasantville provide opportunities for teenagers to engage in community service. These organizations have a great need for volunteers, but in recent years, the number of teenage volunteers has significantly declined.
The Pleasantville School Board should take measures to increase the number of volunteers. Teachers, parents, and other community members agree that it is important for young people to learn the value of community service. Requiring high school students to engage in community service would provide much-needed assistance to worthy local charities and would also help young people understand the importance of giving back to their community. For this reason, the Pleasantville School Board should institute a program requiring students of Pleasantville High School to complete 40 hours of community service prior to graduation.
Write a response in which you examine the stated and/or unstated assumptions of the argument. Be sure to explain how the argument depends on the assumptions and what the implications are if the assumptions prove unwarranted.
Even though the argument being made is for a noble cause,i.e. community service, the argument itself is not cogent due to it's utter lack of facts and a plethora of assumptions which have been made.
To begin with, it has been mentioned that the charitable organizations have a great need for volunteers. Is it certain that this need will be fulfilled by just high school students? Shouldn't the rest of Pleasantville residents also be motivated or compulsorily asked to engage in community service. Secondly, it is being mentioned that the number of teenage volunteers has significantly declined w...
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