At the college level, ROTC means you let the US Government pay for your college education in return for a 4 to 6 year committment as a commissioned officer in the Army, Navy or Air Force. I don't believe the Marine Corp has an ROTC program.
Never heard of junior ROTC, but I'm guessing you'd get physical training and other such things with the idea of preparing the student for entry into the military or a college ROTC program
Junior ROTC is a high school program teaching students about military life, duties, etc.
It results in NO military obligation.
Non-junior ROTC(the one which I thought was going to being mentioned in the link...) does result in a military obligation, since that program is the government paying for your college.
So, like, everybody should join a quasi-military (or real military) organization, so they don't get fat? What a brilliant recruiting tactic! I expect the Marines to start using it any day now.
And before you go making assumptions, have a clue: my displeasure at this policy does not stem from some long-hair hippy-freak mentality, but from years of personal experience with the military lifestyle, and my feelings on why a person should sign up, even for a simple preparatory program like high school ROTC. "My mom forgot to check a box on a form" is not a good reason.
And, of course, let's not forget that one school, of the fifteen in Buffalo alone that a quick Google search was able to find (http://www.greatschools.net/modperl/browse_district/91/ny/?level=h), and one school administrator implementing a policy that drew immediate protest from families.
This is not national policy, people. This is one principal's mistake.
While that says something about the quality of educator allowed into the American school boards, I don't think it's really indicative of a nationwide trend towards the draft.
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theweaselking
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Date: 2005-10-08 08:53 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2005-10-08 09:02 pm (UTC)At the college level, ROTC means you let the US Government pay for your college education in return for a 4 to 6 year committment as a commissioned officer in the Army, Navy or Air Force. I don't believe the Marine Corp has an ROTC program.
Never heard of junior ROTC, but I'm guessing you'd get physical training and other such things with the idea of preparing the student for entry into the military or a college ROTC program
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Date: 2005-10-08 10:30 pm (UTC)It results in NO military obligation.
Non-junior ROTC(the one which I thought was going to being mentioned in the link...) does result in a military obligation, since that program is the government paying for your college.
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Date: 2005-10-08 11:16 pm (UTC)I thought it was bad that I was forced to take gym class in high school.
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Date: 2005-10-09 12:07 am (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2005-10-09 01:28 am (UTC)Feel free to come back when you want to have an actual discussion.
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Date: 2005-10-09 01:30 am (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2005-10-09 01:38 am (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2005-10-09 01:44 am (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2005-10-09 02:17 am (UTC)So 'realized'? Not so much.
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Date: 2005-10-09 03:05 am (UTC)And before you go making assumptions, have a clue: my displeasure at this policy does not stem from some long-hair hippy-freak mentality, but from years of personal experience with the military lifestyle, and my feelings on why a person should sign up, even for a simple preparatory program like high school ROTC. "My mom forgot to check a box on a form" is not a good reason.
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Date: 2005-10-09 03:26 am (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2005-10-09 03:45 am (UTC)This is not national policy, people. This is one principal's mistake.
While that says something about the quality of educator allowed into the American school boards, I don't think it's really indicative of a nationwide trend towards the draft.
-K"H"S
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Date: 2005-10-09 12:25 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2005-10-09 12:26 pm (UTC)