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NCMaureen's avatar

Pathetic students like those described in this pathetic article should not be in college. They should be in boot camp, along with their failures of parents.

And take away the cell phones.

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Pat's avatar

The military does a great job training these soft young men into adult, and it does it very fast. It did it with me. Looking back, in 12 to 15 weeks, the military can convert a soft 18 years old into someone who can get up early, work for 12 hours or more, take responsibility. Some people failed at this but they are in the extreme minority. Most took the responsibility in stride.

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Ashe's avatar

I think thereтАЩs an article on common sense/the Free Press about the military having troubles recruiting enough people, because they are either too overweight or have drug problems in their past, so they donтАЩt qualify for the military.

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BradK (Afuera!)'s avatar

Reading that, I can't help but think of Full Metal Jacket.

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Brian Katz's avatar

A great movie !

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BradK (Afuera!)'s avatar

Life-altering. Like "Deliverance", you don't come out the way you went in.

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