[sdflkd]

> I can't remember a time in a Canadian public school where I was asked to do something useful for somebody. I think more of that would have helped a lot in terms of motivation.

I mean we had mandatory volunteer hours? But in general, yes, school is just a day-care and nothing more.

[ferongr]

>mandatory volunteer

Is it volunteering if it's mandatory?

[microcolonel]

Yeah, it's oxymoronic. They should just call it duty or something, a euphemism is better than an oxymoron.

[sdflkd]

http://www.edu.gov.on.ca/extra/eng/ppm/124a.html

It is in fact called community involvement! It was my mistake.

[sdflkd]

Where you choose to help out is up to you?

[ferongr]

That's not the meaning behind the word "volunteering".

[sdflkd]

You are 100% correct and it's actually 40 hours of mandatory community involvement. [1] Everyone around me just called it volunteer hours and I co-opted it. Thank you for pointing it out. :)

http://www.edu.gov.on.ca/extra/eng/ppm/124a.html