compulsory military/peace service

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My answer was somewhat one sided towards the military, but even including everything else, I dont think it should happen. I am quite certain that if someone chose to serve in any type of service org, they would be better off in the long run. Even just getting a full time job can give you that, but not quite to the same extent.

Some people know what they want to be when they go into college, some think they do, and alot dont... For me personally, after I graduated, I was going to go to a tech school for Autobody, but was hesistant to make that commitment. So I worked for a year and then decided to go to welding school, where I got a degree. That was exactly what I wanted at the time and lead to me basically getting my dream job. I was on cloud 9 there, but I got to the point where I wanted to know more about what I was doing and came to the conclusion that I wanted to go further than what I had would allow me too... So fast forward to now and I am a 24 year old somewhere in my soph. year of college working on an engineeing degree and I will be going into a field that 'should' fit me like a glove.

I dont think that my example necessarily falls into being in favor of compulsory service, but rather the idea of not just going into something blindly or 1/2 heartedly.