[2ndDivisionVet]

This kid will likely be one of the PR flacks at the Obama Youth headquarters.

[darkangel82]

What a bunch of slobbering, sniveling crap. Let me guess, he’s a journalism major.

[SirJohnBarleycorn]

In fact, Teach for America was the single largest employer among the survey respondents.

The stranglehold the government has over the teaching of children in this country is the most powerful tool of control possessed by the Left.

[jiggyboy]

A strong sense of civic duty, coupled with a weak economy, is leading many college students to national service as a way to earn money for school while giving back to their country....young people will face unprecedented opportunities to be a part of something larger than themselves and carry on a tradition that is deeply rooted in our history.

Yeah, yeah, no higher calling, blah blah...substitute two words -- "the military" for "national service" -- and read it back to this guy's audience and we'd see a slightly different reaction, now wouldn't we.

[Trod Upon]

Lets put them all on the border with rifles. That would be some useful service.

[Tzimisce]

Civilian Conservation Corps Program (CCCP)

[proud_yank]

The act will triple the amount of AmeriCorps volunteers to 250,000 and establish programs that will provide educational grants for students who give a summer or semester of service. Schools will be renovated, trees planted, children mentored, the poor fed, the sick treated and before our eyes, our country will be rebuilt from the ground up, by ordinary Americans of all ages and backgrounds.

Two points:
1. There are low-interest loans available to students for college. They have to be paid back.
2. Nothing against volunteering, but the price tag on 'educational grants' sounds like it has the potential to be highway robbery for the work being done- planting trees, mentoring kids, etc.

In addition to that, every summer since I graduated high-school I had an industry-related internship related to my field of study in college (engineering). This made it easier for me to find work, and built an excellent foundation for me to build my career. Somehow, I don't think I'd be beneficial for me to trade any of those experiences listed on my resume for 'tree planting'.

[Islander7]

For every one graduate who went on to work in the public or nonprofit sector in 2008, four more went on to work in banking or consulting. Georgetown fails to do justice to its great tradition of service by sending fewer and fewer graduates into the public sector. The number of students who reported public sector work in 2007 is almost half that of 2005.

The university should establish a fund that would offer debt forgiveness for students who work for nonprofits or in public service after graduation.

It is the duty of the college to direct which fields students study, where graduates work, and forgive the costs if they are good little Marxists?

Does this idiot have any idea what he is calling for? This is exactly how the schools in the USSR worked for decades. No one had a choice of their field of study. Students were tested and directed to study in fields the government saw (or thought they saw) a future need. Student aptitudes were directed toward the needs of the state.

[Prole]

[Prole]

"Throughout the country and on college campuses like ours, it is with this most noble and important tradition in mind that we must rise to the challenge of giving of ourselves in whatever way we can."

So this...

is the same as this?

What a sick, disgusting world I am living in!