Should The Military Be Allowed to Recruit in High Schools?
By kdhartford
@kdhartford (1151)
United States
3 responses
@BYOLA2871 (4371)
• South Africa
26 Jan 08
well its a personal thing,the only opinion i have regarding this is that it should not be a forced thing,i never had real military training but i had a year of para millitary training and i think its important as it has helped somehow along the line
@kdhartford (1151)
• United States
27 Jan 08
Thanks for commenting. Military training does help out, it helps to instill a little self-discipline...something today's youth needs.
@BYOLA2871 (4371)
• South Africa
28 Jan 08
talking about the discipline aspect i think it is the thing i enjoy most in the military training,and i must agree with you 100% that the youths of today needs this more than ever
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@lightningd (1039)
• United States
26 Jan 08
While I am proud to have served my country, I am not in favor of the way the recruiters are going about talking to our children at school. They're lying about bonuses, and not telling whole truths about college funding. They're calling my kids at home. It's not that I think that seniors in high school should not have access to recruiters, it's that I don't like that the recruiters are trolling the halls and cafeterias at my kid's school and getting Juniors to sign up, do basic between their junior and senior years, and are signing their lives away before they even know what opportunites they may have.
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@kdhartford (1151)
• United States
27 Jan 08
Thanks for commenting. But I do not agree with you. It is a proven fact that the military provides more opportunity for our youth today.
@lightningd (1039)
• United States
27 Jan 08
I am not saying the military doesn't provide opportunities for kids joining up, what I am saying is that the recruiters should be limited on their contact with the kids, especially those who aren't even seniors in high school. As I said, I am a veteran... a disabled one at that. And what I do know for sure is that recruiters do lie and tell half truths to kids to get them to join.
For some it's the only way to get an education, be that through the GI Bill, which is one of the main half truths... They don't pay all of your college, they meet what you put back. The other is through tech school when you are training for the job you will be doing in the service. Some carry over into the private sector very well, others do not.
I know for fact that two of the boys that were recruited as juniors that were in my son's graduating class last May were lied to by the recruiter. They told me so. The enlistment bonuses are not what they claim.
There are opportunities, but I think they should only speak to those over 18 not 16 year old juniors in high school.
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@suspenseful (40192)
• Canada
26 Jan 08
When I went to high school, no one came to us to recruit us, no business people, no grocery stores, no military. We were suggested by those horrible tests but we had to find the jobs ourselves. The only ones who got help were those popular students who were A or better and everyone liked, that is they needed no help.
When my sons went to high school, they had business people, etc. come in and they had work experience offered in various places - they worked at a restaurant, and what they learned went to their credits to University. So I think military recruitment in high school is a good idea. If private companies can do it, why not the military?
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@kdhartford (1151)
• United States
27 Jan 08
You make a good point about private industry and the military. I think that no matter what the intentions of the military. the left will always look upon the military as bad. It is a shame. For me it was my ticket to a better life. Thanks for commenting.
