End the community service sham

You don’t have to volunteer in Costa Rica to get into college! “Local community service show[s] you understand charity begins at home, and that’s not a bad lesson to embrace. … [I]f you make it to senior year with 450 checker games under your belt and the eternal respect of the assisted living center down your block, that power will shine, too – and you can leave the long-distance duty for vacation.” Read more here!