Is volunteer work necessary for students? Volunteer work has been advocated in many schools nowadays, and even is considered as a compulsory requirement to graduate. Although this kind of work has its negative side, I still reckon work like this is beneficial to both the whole communities and the participants themselves. Through attending the community activities, students can possibly improve their capacity. When students provide community services, they are likely to encounter some problems and challenges, which rarely happen when students are in campus. For example, students should learn how to communicate with sponsors when they intent to collect money for charity, as well as learn how to organise an event, how to cooperate with other team members well, which will boost their confidence and the ability of problem-solving. Meanwhile, youngsters will learn the importance of responsibility and how to service communities when they work as volunteer. They know their work can help other members in society, so they will gain the sense of collective achievement. For instance, students will get the feeling of they are making society fairer and more harmonious when they help needy peers to learn as volunteers, which is essential for us to build a closely-knit community. Certainly, we cannot rule out the possibility that if there was no organized schedule of community service, it would wast volunteer a great deal of time and energy. Because of the unplanned schedule, the volunteer activities are likely to be tedious and strenuous, rather than funny and educational. As a result, volunteers are unlikely to devote themselves into these activities, probably because they can hardly see the value of their work. Furthermore, these volunteers tend to believe that these volunteer activities will occupy their too much time thereby impact their study adversely. In sum up, my view is that volunteer service is significant to promote student's ability and career prospects as well as the development of society, but the school should ensure the volunteer activities meed the demands of students' development.