I am a product of a military academy. It taught me discipline, respect, kept me active, healthy, I got my pilots license at the age of 16, it taught me to budget my money, not to break laws, manners, sports, accepting people for who they are (not by what they look like).

I have taught in the public school system. It stinks. It is a breeding ground for political ideologies. You aren't allowed to discipline the students. Most teachers are held hostage every day in their classrooms.

I know this may not be a popular position to take, but I'd be happy to debate said topic.

dude its not just high school´s in my jr. sr. high (7th to 12th grade) they would have a recruiter out every other week. it sickens me to see them spread their propaganda to 7th graders..

Originally posted by danishD
dude its not just high school´s in my jr. sr. high (7th to 12th grade) they would have a recruiter out every other week. it sickens me to see them spread their propaganda to 7th graders..

Better a recruiter than a drug dealer.

IMHO

I think this is good for kids who have problems. I think if kids in public school have bad enough problems they should send them there, until they don't have those problems then sent back to public school. This is also good for private options. But it should not be required for public school students.

Originally posted by walsbg22
I think this is good for kids who have problems. I think if kids in public school have bad enough problems they should send them there, until they don't have those problems then sent back to public school. This is also good for private options. But it should not be required for public school students.

I didn't see anywhere where this is mandated, or manditory. I believe the option is avaliable. That's all.

I think military recruiters should not be allowed on high school campuses, simply because the vast majority of high school students are minors, and they shouldn't be exposed to such coercion before they are mature enough to make such decisions for themselves. College night (or a similar event) is one thing, but when military recruiters are there every day (like at my high school), or they take over part of the school itself, there is a conflict of interest.

To give an example of how far military recruiting has gone down here in Florida, when my little brother was in middle school they had a career day. He came home from it with a bunch of Navy pamphlets, a hat and a poster. I asked him if he was interested in going into the navy and he said 'No, but they gave these to everyone'. In middle school! These kids are 12-15 years old, and they are already targets for recruiters.

In my highschool, quite a few years ago the recruiters would drive this big H2 onto campus (it was just when those models were introduced, and they were the 'hip thing'). They had spinners on it, and would blast rap music out the back of it all day long while they sat at recruitment tables. Not only was it annoying as hell, but a completely lame attempt at luring kids into signing their lives away to the military.

I don't really have a problem with JROTC, because in my experience it was mostly the nerdier types who signed up for it, and most of the people I knew who were in it never went on to join the military. They would meet up after school and run drill routines (ironically at the same time/place as the cheerleaders ). Needless to say, we all got a chuckle out of the kids who thought it was cool to carry a plastic rifle around dressed in a light green scout uniform all day.

Originally posted by danishD
dude its not just high school´s in my jr. sr. high (7th to 12th grade) they would have a recruiter out every other week. it sickens me to see them spread their propaganda to 7th graders..

Yeah, the militiary and their sick propaganda values like Integrity First, Service before Self, Excellance in all we do. Those recruiters need to be run out of town on a rail.