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【正文】 Peace Corps volunteer in Namibia and director of the Teachers College Peace Corps Fellows program, believes that Peace Corps service also has a surprising longterm effect: it makes people want to give of themselves beyond that one experience. Peace Corps opens your eyes to the disparities that exist in the world and helps develop the political and moral will to stay mitted, Dickson says. In fact, an early investment in service can pay off over a lifetime. The National Education Longitudinal Study of 1988, a trove of high schoolrelated trend data, found that 42% of young people who volunteered in high school did so again eight years later. And a recent study in the American Educational Research Journal identifies munity service during high school as a strong predictor of voting and volunteering in adulthood. Like so many other volunteers, RPCVS will tell you that they learn more than they teach. Ira Weston, who served in Kenya from 1979 to 1981, learned firsthand the power of a teacher to change the world, one life at a time. It is the relationship with the teacher that can create excellence, says Weston, the veteran principal of Paul Robeson High School, located in a highcrime, ganginfested neighborhood of Crown Heights, Brooklyn. Weston describes his 1,475 students as at promise rather than at risk and says he39。s trying to create Oz in the projects — a world of color and hope. These teachers, and the other great teachers who have shaped all our lives, represent the fundamental value of service. As Dickson puts it, They have learned how to put hope in the possible. How Others Serve By JENINNE Israeli soldiers with the Blue Battalion attend the final speech from their mander before disengagement operations begin at Reim Israeli Army base. Marco Di Lauro / Getty Compulsory military service, with alternatives: ISRAEL Secular Jews are drafted at age 18 — males for three years, females for two — so military service is a rite of passage. Orthodox Jews, Muslims and Christians (a quarter of Israel39。s citizens) are exempt, but a majority of Israelis, including most Arabs, support expanding national civilian or military service for everyone. GERMANY Half of the 180,000 men drafted each year opt out in favor of nonbat military work, civilian service or foreign development. Hospitals and charities that rely on conscripts defeated a government proposal in 2020 to end the draft. Volunteering abroad is increasingly popular。 Austria and Denmark also offer this option. TAIWAN Males over 18 must serve two years, but substitutions for bat include policing, firefighting and environmental work. The Diplomatic Alternative Service Program sends Taiwanese men to work in medicine, agriculture and technology in countries like Chad and Macedonia. The government considers them goodwill ambassadors. Nonmilitary pulsory service programs: MALAYSIA Using an annual lottery, the government selects 85,000 recent high school grads for a threemonth camp with militarystyle physical training and munity service. Each group has 60% ethnic Malays, 28% Chinese, 10% Indians and 2% others — a mirror of Malaysia39。s makeup — to promote patriotism and racial harmony. NIGERIA The National Youth Service Corps, a oneyear mitment for college grads under 30, fosters economic development, ethnic tolerance and educational equality by sending young people to work outside their home states. Without the program, many areas would lack teachers, engineers, doctors, pharmacists and accountants. SOUTH AFRICA Before being certified to practice, juniorlevel doctors, nurses, physiotherapists, occupational and speech therapists, clinical psychologists and dietitians must spend a year working in poor areas. The country is considering expanding the requirement to lawyers and other professionals, as Mexico does. What These Presidents Would Ask of You Republican presidential candidates take to the stage to participate in a GOP presidential debate. Varying candidates push for cash incentives, loan help and new service corps. Darren McCollester / Getty Republicans: RUDY GIULIANI Has no specific nationalservice plan, but the former mayor of New York City opposes anything mandatory, especially involving the military. MIKE HUCKABEE The former Arkansas Governor wants to maintain Americans39。 strong service ethic. After Hurricane Katrina hit, he says, one of my proudest moments came in seeing the huge outpouring of love and passion from citizens of my state. JOHN MCCAIN Supports incentives for national service but nothing mandatory. In late 2020 the Arizona Senator proposed an $18,000 bonus and shorter enlistment period to encourage young people to enter the military. The bill never passed Congress. MITT ROMNEY The former Massachusetts Governor had no ment on national service, saying he will discuss his views on the issue at a later time. Democrats: JOE BIDEN Backs the creation of a . Public Service Academy that would offer a subsidized college education in exchange for five years of public service. The Delaware Senator says people in publicinterest careers, like teaching, should get help repaying student loans. HILLARY CLINTON The New York Senator also supports a . Public Service Academy, modeled on the military academies, and introduced legislation to fund it. Cites her involvement with AmeriCorps, founded under Bill Clinton in 1994. CHRIS DODD A former Peace Corps volunteer, Dodd has made national service his signature issue. In an extensive plan, the Connecticut Senator proposes incentive grants for senior volunteers and would require public high school students to do 100 hours of service. JOHN EDWARDS Favors a mandatory munity service requirement for high school graduation. The former North Carolina Senator has anized One Co