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Originally posted by HotDamnImAPhiMu
But, Rudey, the professor has a point -- people (granted, ignorant people) DO consider Peace Corps employees to be a little less.... stable?
It's just a sociatal thing that doesn't apply at ALL anymore but may/may not have at some point.
And, the more "normal" Peace Corps employed people the ignorant people meet, the less ignorant they'll be.
I say apply if it's in you. You'd be doing a great service.
That said, if government law enforcement is in your immediate future, maybe not. My dad's government and I know they kind of squint their eyes funny when they see "peace corps" on an application.
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Hate to tell you this but you're wrong too. The only thing that makes people think twice about you if you're Peace Corps, is that, by law, no intelligence (not law enforcement) agency is allowed to recruit you.
That directive was put forward by JFK to BOTH maintain the safety of Peace Corps members and to accomodate foreign governments. Thus you will be ineligible for the CIA or NSA during their pre-screening if you've done the Corps.
Any other government position you apply for, you actually have a leg up on. The movement you get in the State Department if you've done Peace Corps is actually pretty solid. The same goes for any other non-intelligence based position. This is not a view held by anyone in the past or in the present.
This fact also holds true for grad school programs. Honestly, I can't emphasize how much this helps you. I actually knew a few kids with less than stellar academic performances who are now both in UPenn's Wharton and Harvard Law.
To be selected for the Peace Corps you have to pass a series of tests, including psychological evalutations. The fact that you even mentioned stability is pretty laughable because of that. On an academic level, peace corps positions are pretty difficult to land. Even at any Ivy Plus school, it's still pretty selective. Then the claim that it's for "radicals" just makes no sense. Is that simply because people are doing some good out there? Good, then maybe you should evaluate how much of a radical you are for having philantropy events in your GLO. And "tree huggers"???? Last I checked, this wasn't a pro-environmental group.
The Peace Corps mission centers around taking part in the development and advancement of other countries as well as spreading knowledge (a rather Pro-American view) of Americans throughout the world.
-Rudey
--And the non-foreign version of Peace Corps is AmeriCorps for those interested but I know nothing about that really.