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Originally posted by PhoenixAzul
IT could also be argued that the military may not teach them time management...as a general member, you follow a schedule laid out by a superior, would you not? Its not like every private gets to sit there with a planner and say ,"right, 0630, breakfast, 0700 PT, 0800 range practice, well, no, ok, i could do range practice at 1100." When they leave the military, how will they respond to a university without the structure provided in their military training? Is that any easier than jumping from HS to university?
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I would argue that, in many cases, the military runs much like any other "job." There are managers (officers), Mid-level supervisors (non-commissioned officers) and workers (grunts).
Everyone is given a job, and a time frame for completing it. In some cases, that may be to be ready to follow the NCO from point A to point B starting at a given time. In some cases, it's working in an office -- or fixing a truck. A relatively small percentage go out and shoot at people.
Actually, I think you've made one of my points by talking about the unstructured schedule in the university setting. I believe that once you've learned those time management skills, you keep them as necessary. Someone who is used to the structure of business or the military is more likely to be able to plan classes, study and free time.