Service Learning hours are a from of slavery.

So far as I am concerned, he deserves the conduct point in this debate. It is not ForcedMy contention is pretty straightforward. My opponent begins his round with the following statement:"In my high school and I am sure others, service learning hours are something forced upon us students. "The definition of force according to dictionary. com is:–noun 1. physical power or strength possessed by a living being 2. strength or power exerted upon an object; physical coercion;violenceIt does not seem obvious or even at all clear how making service learning compulsory for graduation is a form of force, let alone slavery. But let us consider the different variations in which my opponent could be understanding the word force in his resolution:Physically ForcedThe definition of force is pretty consistent in its denotation of physical exertion. In order for it to be true, then, that students are being forced to do service learning, it would have to be shown that the schools teachers and administration are employing force to ensure their graduation requirements are being met. Let us imagine for a second that this burden is fulfilled - namely that school staff are physically forcing students to comply to service learning requirements. Does it follow that this is a form of slavery? It does not seem clear that it is. So if there is some sort of hidden premise that my opponent has yet to share that makes this something other than a non sequitur, it would behoove him to share. A definition that makes physical force the only requirement of slavery renders parenting, policing, wrestling, boxing, and mixed martial arts all a form of slavery. But is that slavery? So far as I can see, slavery requires that a person be considered property of and completely subject to another person - this, of course, is not the same as physically forcing someone to meet compulsory graduation requirements. Namely because it could be easily avoided by, say, not going to school and pursuing a GED or getting your high school diploma through other education options. Coerced - Verbal or Otherwise My opponent states that students are required to use their free time to complete the imposed student learning requirements. But how is this relevantly different than homework, where even its name implies it would be done at home in one's free time? So far as I can see, it is not. So really the contention of my opponent suggests that not only is service learning a form of slavery, but any school requirement that consumes a students free time. Perhaps then, this sort of graduation policy is a form of coercion, where students are authoritatively obliged or are compelled to do that which they do not want to do. Even if we were to grant this, how does this qualify as a form of slavery? Student's must meet certain requirements to achieve a certain goal. Student's are perfectly able (implies no force) to give up that goal and subsequently eliminate the need to fulfill said requirements. This is not similar to the plight of the slave, who has no goals that he may abandon in order to give up the yoke of bondage. ConclusionThe biggest problem with my opponent's argument is that even if we grant all of its premises, it does not prove the resolution to be true. Force is not tantamount to slavery until it can be reasonably established otherwise. Moreover, all my opponent's premises are NOT true, rendering the argument both invalid and unsound. Thanks again to my opponent, Heathen, I look forward to his forthcoming round.