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Originally Posted by *winter*
Wow. This is why I advocate ROTC programs in junior high and HS- esp in high risk areas. Give the kids a sense of belonging, pride, camaraderie and a real future. Many will only wind up turning to gangs for the same things.
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While I pretty much agree with you and would add developing leadership skills and earning a relatively steady elective academic credit to your list, I have a friend who is a pretty extreme anti-war leftist who really hates that JROTC programs are concentrated in high poverty areas. He feels like we're basically saying that poor and minority kids should be recruited to be cannon fodder.
Drolefille, I don't know what it would cost, but since high schools can transfer out of state credits it might be worth someone looking into seeing if the online Georgia stuff could be used where you are.
It certainly also seems like it would be worth it for the boot camps themselves to look at offering it or for youth probation programs to do it. It's an online computer program, so it's likely to be relatively low cost compared to any kind of in person instruction.
Personally, I think it's complete junk educationally, but for the 18 or 19 year olds, it's probably better than nothing.
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