On Thu, 2 Oct 2003 15:09:23 -0500, "Donna Metler"
wrote:

I don't know what options you have as far as high schools in the area, but
some participate in the JROTC program, and it provides many of the same
experiences. JROTC cadets also have an advantage for ROTC scholarships and
military appointments, and can get advanced placement credit for college
ROTC courses.

Right now, he's at one of the Juvenile Correctional Centers that doesn't have
JROTC, which is a shame because he was quite interested in getting into that.
He's applied for a transfer back to where he was before, which does have JROTC.
If they let him transfer, I know he'll be first in line to sign up for JROTC.

In most districts, if your local high school doesn't have a program and
another in the city does, its considered a valid reason for a choice
transfer.

Unfortunately, around here, I'm fairly sure there are no schools with JROTC --
although there's a military-style day school right downtown. The thing is that
he wants the structure all day long (and I guess all night long, too).

The JROTC commandants I've known have generally been very good-retired
military officers who have gotten additional training and experience in
teaching children-and generally they're great role models.

I think for some people JROTC, ROTC and the military are the perfect places. DS
is one of those people because he thrives when his entire day is structured. I
hate to admit it, but I used to not want him to go into the military because I
thought he could make something "more" of himself, but now I see how
enthusiastic he is and know that he will be able to do more in the military than
out in the civilian world.



Tracy
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