<p>“khow MANY students who participated in these programs and engage in no service work at home. And even if the programs can jumpstart a student’s preparation for a future career, that doesn’t change the fact that there is often very litte “service” in these teen service junkets. …”</p>
<p>I totally agree with you, and if you check my posts, you’l see that we’re singing the same tune.</p>
<p>My post #38 saying how the trips can be valuable specifically referred to those RARE students who seek out those opportunities themselves and then work to pay for them. </p>
<p>The students who go because their well off parents are happy to pay for expensive resume polishing options are not the kind of students whom I was referring to. I agree with you: These students are the ones who do community service only when its packaged and on Daddy’s dime. I doubt that students who only do service under such circumstances get inspired to work locally after packaged service options abroad that they were handed by their parents.</p>