Peace Corps

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<p>I'm interested in joining the peace corps. I was wanting to do it over the summer, upon high school graduation. Can I do it for 3months, or at least until I go to college. Or do I have to stay there for a longer period of time?</p>

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<p>I believe you have to be 18 and graduate high school before you can join. I'm not sure where they send you or how everything works out.</p>

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<p>Kinglin,
A commitment to the Peace Corps is for 27 months, three months of training and two years of service. You must be eighteen years old and a U.S. citizen, but you also need a bachelor's degree or solid experience in agriculture, business, or other useful areas.
<a href="http://www.peacecorps.org/%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://www.peacecorps.org/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p>

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<p>You don't need a bachelor's degree, it's just preferred so that you'd have more to offer.</p>

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<p>there is a program called americorps that i think is kinda similar, but only in the us, and i think u can do it for just the summer.</p>

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<p>Yes, that's what I was trying to make clear; you need either a bachelor's degree or experience, except for some rare cases.</p>

<p>Americorps is different from the Peace Corps. It's a network of different programs, and you can live at home and participate in them. I think you can do it for more than a summer. This is probably a more practical option for high school graduates.
<a href="http://www.americorps.org/%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://www.americorps.org/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p>

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<p>peace corps is dumb because they dont let you choose where you go.. if you could apply to a certain country it would be worth taking a look at.</p>

<p>americorps looks like such a boring job.. a lady from there visited my health class to talk about suicide.. hmm.</p>

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<p>With AmeriCorps, can I just do it on weekends? Because I don't want it to affect my school work, along with my sports.</p>

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<p>You can apply for part-time work, or restricted part-time work, but I'm not sure how many hours that is.</p>

<p>If you wanted to only do something on the weekends, you could volunteer with one of AmeriCorp's member organizations so you wouldn't have to work a fixed number of hours.</p>

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<p>there probably is a large amount of volunteer opportunities available in your town</p>

<p><a href="http://www.rotary.org/%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://www.rotary.org/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p>