Blog #9

   In "Serve or Fail," Dave Eggers talks about how volunteer work can not only benefit our communities, but also benefit the college community. Eggers talks about the possibility of making a service requirement, which he says "wont work everywhere" but would be more likely for college students at four-year institutions. Eggers states that even though many community colleges will not work with this requirement, that it still leaves over six-million other students with more time to volunteer. Eggers brings up the idea that colleges could possibly give credits to students in return of volunteer work, stating "Perhaps every 25 hours of service could be traded for one class credit, with a maximum of three credits a year." Eggers brings up the argument of the time a student spends working at a shelter or a church could be equal to or surpass what he or she learns from other non volunteer activities. Eggers talks about what would happen if college students instead of becoming athletes, become life long volunteers and how it would be "good for everybody."