Comments on: Military Opens Door to More Dropouts

By: Marginalized Action Dinosaur

Marginalized Action Dinosaur — Tue, 14 Aug 2007 20:12:02 +0000

Military Opens Door to More Dropouts…

Military Opens Door to More Dropouts
ANNVILLE, Pa. (AP) – Brittany Vojta survived boot camp. It was high school she couldnâ€™t make it through. Now, however, she has benefited from a program the National Guard started this year in Pennsylvania for priv…

By: dinosaur

dinosaur — Mon, 13 Aug 2007 14:57:20 +0000

The military is a good place for people to start over who had a bad homelife. Then they are pulled out of gangs and do something constructive for the country the horror.

By: Chris

Chris — Mon, 13 Aug 2007 12:44:02 +0000

Great program to bolster the ranks, and help improve the lives of young Americans. Even if they don’t go career, they will be better and more productive citizens by having an education to help them!

I can relate about the bad math teacher- I, an A and B student, got a D once because the teacher never explained things and just breezed through the books- I took a free summer course with a teacher at a different school and he simply explained things, they clicked, and I aced the course… he wanted to know why I was there! I told him and wished he was my teacher!

Now they just need a program that allows young disabled vets to put the uniform back on! I developed some lung problems, but have no symptoms as long as I’m on meds…

BTW, the Air Force downsized in the middle of the war- what is up with that? Nobody has a good answer for “Force Shaping.”

By: LittleOleLady

LittleOleLady — Mon, 13 Aug 2007 10:30:15 +0000

I too think this is a great idea.. getting uneducated kids off the streets and helping them DO something with their life other than becoming criminals is always a good thing IMO.

I really think that algebra teacher ya’ll had must have traveled around a bit.. sounds just like the one I had back in the mid 80′s. I thought it was just me being dumb until I took a summer class in the late 90′s and the math teacher was great, I began to learn algebra.. but she had to leave and her replacement was useless. (Argh!)

I also support the new sign on bonus (my dem grandfather was all but spitting flames yesterday about it..LOL), mostly because I think our military aren’t paid enough as it is.

By: Patrick Sperry

Patrick Sperry — Mon, 13 Aug 2007 06:46:16 +0000

I think this is great. Yes, I know that this or that study says this or that about how grads are more likely to be successful and all that. Those are the same kinds of studies that said that 303′s and 707′s were all total failures. hell, those kids that the judge sent our way were among my best troops!

The discipline and direction did miracles. The skills learned in the Army (insert what ever service) lasted a lifetime for those young men. Not a one of them went south. Strange, as noted above. Those kids that had trouble with school just opened up and passed all the courses with flying colors!

Personally, I think it was the motivation to do well for the people that were working so hard to help them.

By: ablur

ablur — Mon, 13 Aug 2007 04:46:05 +0000

I’m all for the program. The soonerÂ our young get out of the liberal schools the better they will be. Given the willingness to drug and subdue any child in our current system, it is amazing there is any fight left in them.

By: Kate

Kate — Mon, 13 Aug 2007 02:59:24 +0000

I knew quite a few young fellas who dropped out of school and did quite well in the military. Then again, I knew a few who didn’t. The majority became, as you said, upstanding citizens. They just didn’t do well in school. Of course, being the wild child I was, I also knew a few who were given a choice….jail or the military. 90% did well, the other 10%? Well, they wouldn’t have been stellar characters anyway. And more than one gave his life in Vietnam.

I think it’s a great idea.

By: 1389

1389 — Mon, 13 Aug 2007 02:03:25 +0000

Sounds good to me. Too many kids get discouraged because they’re stuck in a bad school, sometimes with disruptive or dangerous classmates, where little learning takes place. The same kids can often learn the material in a more focused environment.

By: TexasFred

TexasFred — Mon, 13 Aug 2007 02:01:05 +0000

Ranando, the college IS there, you give the Guard a 6 year enlistment and it’s a full ride, I don’t know what the regular Army has to offer, my Son is Guard and I know their offers…

And the enlistment incentives are awesome too… I think the commitment in the Regulars is for 4 years but I can’t swear to that…

By: Ranando

Ranando — Mon, 13 Aug 2007 01:57:48 +0000

I’ll go one better.

You give us 4 years in the military and we’ll give you a collage or trade education, free. No loans, no pay back, free.

No more excuses, you can become what ever you want to become for free, just serve your country for 4 years.

This is a great story and I’m pleased to think what these fine young people may become.