Nowadays, free social activity has become an extremely popular and fashionable part of people`s lives.
Thousands of people devote their time to charity and voluntary service.
As a result, some experts offer to add some kinds of voluntary activity into the schools` curriculum.
For the most part, volunteerism is a valuable contribution to society which can bring a rich experience in making social relationships and taking care of other people.
However, this activity is not appropriate for high school education.
Needless to say, syllabuses at modern schools are extremely loaded.
Besides academic subjects, students study music, painting, sport, cookery and other courses.
The rise of educational loads will reduce the time spent on learning general subjects.
Additionally, there are a lot of high school students who work after school.
If such kinds of activity are added to high school programme, some students will be force to stop working and earning money.
Above all, all people need free time to relax after work or school and socialize with peer group.
The physical fatigue of students cause by the extra social activity can lead to a raw of both health and mental issues.
To conclude, I don`t agree that free social activity should become a compulsory subject in high school curriculum.
Despite of positive factors brought by the social activity, consequences of overload at school might be terrible for students` health and education.
December 2013
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