Is Volunteer Work Absolutely Necessary?

jessiehl
Mon, 07 Jan 2008 09:46:04 +0000

You should have some sort of community involvement, I would say, but you don’t need something like what you’re talking about (though sincere dedication to Habitat for Humanity is a laudable thing). Get involved in politics. Teach robotics to middle schoolers once a week. Tutor other students at your high school in a subject where you are strong. Do something that you like - I dove springboard in a summer league for years, and became sick of the poor quality of the volunteer judges, so I became one myself when I was 15.

Community involvement does not have to mean volunteering at a hospital or doing Habitat. It just means that you’re aware of and contributing to your surrounding context.