Should service hours be required?

One pro of requiring service hours is that they learn to respect their community and be able to give back to their communities. "Volunteering gives students a chance to give back."(Payton). Giving kids mandatory service hours helps them give back to their community. many high school students have homework, jobs and social lives that distract them from their communities, but with the service hours, it helps them get a better look at what's going on in their community.

one con of requiring service hours is that it might overwhelm students because it's one more thing they have to worry about on top of homework, a job, and now service hours. "They can easily become overwhelmed with homework, part-time jobs, sporting events, and home and church obligations."(Hagensen). with service hours students might lose time to do homework, study for tests, and having a social life. with service hours taking up most of their time we might see students test scores drop.

I feel like service hours shouldn't be required because it can be overwhelming for students that don't have time to do them. some students might not be able to because of struggling in class so they would need to focus on homework and studying than doing community service. This is my stance on should service hours be required.