We could be doing something useful

Of course we are not supposed to enjoy ourselves and we have no right to complain if community service is boring, but it might at least be useful or worthwhile. We put up fences all the wrong way because we are not shown the right way, we do work that just looks a mess because we don't have the right tools. I was thinking the other day, some of us have jobs but many don't. Why not teach us a skill that could lead to getting a job. Or, some of us might have our own homes eventually if we knew how to put up fences properly that skill could be very handy. What about the actual order being to acquire a skill, an NVQ or something? Then the time we serve could be related to gaining the skill, you complete your sentence when you pass. That at least would have a purpose, what we are doing now is just like digging holes and filling them in again - VERY slowly and VERY VERY badly