NARRATOR

Now listen to two students discussing the letter.

FEMALE STUDENT

So what do you think of that letter?

MALE STUDENT

Well, it might sound like a good idea, but I really don’t think it’s gonna have any of the benefits that the letter writer says it will.

FEMALE STUDENT

So you don’t agree with it.

MALE STUDENT

Nope. If anything, it’s gonna hurt our relationship with the town. I mean forcing students to volunteer, it’s gonna make them see it as a chore, a nuisance, and so they’re not gonna put their hearts into it, which is gonna make the university look bad.

FEMALE STUDENT

You’re saying that students doing volunteer work in town will be unenthusiastic and...

MALE STUDENT

Right. It’ll be obvious they don’t want to be there. That’s sure not going to make things better, you know, in terms of how we’re regarded by people in the local community.

FEMALE STUDENT

But maybe students would learn to like it…

MALE STUDENT

I really doubt it. The whole idea that this is gonna encourage students to do more volunteering in the future is just ridiculous. A lot of students are likely to come away from the experience with negative feelings about it.

FEMALE STUDENT

Yeah, especially if their studies suffer from being forced to spend time away from them.

MALE STUDENT

All the students I know already complain about not having enough time as it is. So this extra work is going to be a bad experience--hardly inspiration for them to pursue more volunteer work after they graduate.