2006-06-26 15:43:43 · 32 answers · asked by damao987 2 in Politics & Government ➔ Military
It is interesting, isn't it? We can't have Bible study, pray, or sing our anthem, but we can learn how to kill. Take a vote. If the majority wins, have your student council see the principal and ask for recruiters to stay away. There is no law that says they have the right to come.
2006-06-26 16:07:11 · answer #1 · answered by Buffy 5 · 2⤊ 0⤋
We Army Recruiters go to High Schools to help adults avoid ending up at McDonald's flipping burgers while still at the Community College trying to get a degree, when they are 35. Just like you will probably end up. The majority of High School and College Students DO NOT have a plan, and that is how you have adults working fast food. No Plan, No Life. We try to avoid that. I never met a Burger Flipper that served in the Army, unless you count Dave Thomas (founder of Wendy's).
If you don't want us there, you and all your friends hurry up and enlist. If enoughpeople were to walk in to Recruiting Stations and enlist, we wouldn't have to go to schools to recruit.
More people that enlisted (percentage) have become successful than the percentage of those that did not. Don't be so closed minded, hear them out, see what is offered, you may know someone else that can benefit from what the Army has to offer.
By the way, San Francisco voted us out, but it was against federal law, so they had to compromise. Most High School and College students in SF can't pass the ASVAB, so we could care less. Just check the graduation numbers after the exit exam failures.
2006-06-26 17:14:03 · answer #2 · answered by Mark W 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Sure it seems like the army is so horrible but the truth is the army is fantastic for kids who either can't or don't want to go to college. They learn discipline, important skills they can apply to life after the army, sometimes they can get degrees, and generally they learn respect for themselves and others. Also, it keeps kids off the street who would normally be doing nothing but doing drugs, committing crimes and generally being a nuisance to society, because, frankly, that sort of this thing happens a LOT. Yes there have been many deaths since the beginning of the war in Iraq, but when you do a comparison of army related deaths to lives that have been forever improved by the army, there's no contest at all: the army is a good thing for certain people.
2006-06-26 15:49:47 · answer #3 · answered by Jamie Q. 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
There is a clause in the US Constitution that mentions a person's right to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. I had a Marine Corps recruiter come into my high school and tell me about what he had to offer me, and doing my job as a Marine made me exceedingly happy. By not allowing him into my high school, I would have been denied the pursuit of happiness.
There is also a law on the books about restriction of free trade. By denying the military recruiters a chance to go into the schools and do what they earn their money doing, then you are denying them the very free trade they are entitled to.
At my school, on job day, there were booths with funeral directors (talking about sticking needles into dead people, draining the blood out of them, and filling them with chemicals designed to prevent them from decaying for 50 years), policemen (talking about how, with hard work, yes, we could be snipers on the SWAT teams and kill people for a living), and a couple of other things that bothered me. Should they be prevented from being there because I didn't like them being there?
2006-06-26 15:56:35 · answer #4 · answered by Bradly S 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
They have a right to be there and inform young men and women about what the Army has to offer. If a kid wants to join and serve in the Army after talking to their parents it is very honorable and noble. They talked to us when I was in high school so what is the problem with this unless you are just anti miltary or something? I went in the Navy because I wanted to and I am glad I did.
2006-06-26 15:52:06 · answer #5 · answered by toughguy2 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Now this is funny...If you have a problem with your school letting a federal representative in, you need to go find a school that doesn't take federal money. Good luck with that one. Until then get over it, and let the individual student decide if they would like to provide a valued service to our country. By the way...that Army recruiter and everything he/she stands for is defending your ability to have this opinion/discussion, think about that next time you decide you would like to spit on his/her job.
2006-06-26 15:50:36 · answer #6 · answered by asmul8ed 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
They should let Army, Navy, Air Force, Marines and the Coast Guard in the schools. If colleges and companies can come into the schools then so should the military.
2006-06-26 15:51:49 · answer #7 · answered by shakeragroad_2000 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I feel that the recruiters should be allowed to come into our schools and that they should'nt be pushed out. No matter what our views may or may not be our children have the right as americans to make the final choice on what they want to do in the future and we as parents don't have the right to dictate or try to keep any options from them.
2006-06-27 00:25:50 · answer #8 · answered by tmoondove28 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If you get rid of military recruiters you'd have to get rid of government funding for the schools. It's ok to take the money, but not ok to let the military recruiters in??? You really are misinformed.
2006-06-26 15:47:38 · answer #9 · answered by boker_magnum 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The Army is a great career. (for some). They provide career training. They provide FREE college. There is also a very good chance to see the world through the Army.
Where else can you go to BLOW UP STUFF? Where else can you go to hike deep into the woods, and jump off cliffs? Where else can you go to GET PAID to exercise and get beefy?
OH, the Army is not for you? Then join the Marines.
2006-06-26 15:49:59 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋