Realization: Maybe I didn't learn enough life skills from the Department of Defense schools I went to because they tried to make ROTC the main route to success? I remember there was a lot pulling me to join the ROTC.
@LottieVixen Army Reserve Officers’ Training Corps
@LottieVixen @Ulfra_Wolfe i was in rotc, its like junior army and sucks
@LottieVixen @Ulfra_Wolfe sort of except ROTC is something you can do as an elective in school isntead of sports. it starts as early as middle school
@Ulfra_Wolfe @LottieVixen in high school they taught us how to use firearms with air soft guns. i shot a hole thru a quarter once.
@kellycrow @LottieVixen I just saw all the other kids being ROTC, watching their marches, surrounded by military structure-like buildings, and on military bases. It just seemed like a place where bullying would be increased 100X, and I had enough of bullying as is.
@Ulfra_Wolfe @LottieVixen also it definitely allows bullying, ebcause as soon as someone gets promoted a few ranks up they will start bossing around other ROTC students even outside of ROTC settings
@kellycrow @Ulfra_Wolfe this sounds just like air cadets....people started at high school age and continued into adult hood sometimes if they didn't end up in the air force after promotions
@LottieVixen @Ulfra_Wolfe we had a cadet staff sergeant that smashed in someone's windshield and it got covered up because the ROTC Sergeant teacher made an alibi for him
@LottieVixen @kellycrow I went to DoD schools too. From Wikipedia:
"The Department of Defense Education Activity (DoDEA) is a civilian agency of the United States Department of Defense that manages all schools for military children and teenagers in the United States and overseas at American military bases worldwide."
Meaning they had reason to encourage me into the ROTC.
@kellycrow @LottieVixen See, I smelled that right off the bat as a kid. That's why I never indicated interest.
@LottieVixen Basically a way to train students to become military.