Continuously, more and more citizens are joining the military, a large percentage of which are teenagers just finishing their high school career. Just in 2016, over 16,000 high school students were recruited. The military must not recruit at the high school level due to the lack of mental maturity in students, the potential for missed opportunities, and the lack of individual freedoms. Often teenagers make immature decisions, such as mismanaging time because their minds are not fully developed. Due to the lack of maturity at this age, it is common for some of these decisions to be regretted in adulthood. In the article, "What We Regret Most … and Why." by Neal Roese, regret is explained, “Accordingly, regret persists in precisely those …show more content…
This can be applied to military recruitment in high schools because the opportunity for action outside of the military (in college etc.) Is very high leaving a lot of room for possible regret. In addition to this, a teenager has an underdeveloped brain. In How Children Develop by Robert Siegler, scientifically, it is discussed why the brain does not have the capacity to make important decisions at this age “Notice particularly that the frontal areas, involved in executive functioning, approach maturity only in late adolescence.” This shows that vibrant teenagers are being enlisted before full maturity at a time in which decision making is not yet at full capacity. Teenagers are recruited at a vulnerable time in life and at this vulnerable time it is easy to make reckless …show more content…
These benefits are especially offered to poorer students that don't see college as an option in their financial situation. These benefits being advertised have had budget cuts such as the cut in 2015 allowing less funding for schooling in the military and impacting veterans. “there is indeed a cap for private schools.” (As discussed by Lisa Anderson in Joining the military to pay for college carries serious risks) Meaning your choices in schools will be limited though some will be payed for. These benefits stretch to many other aspects if the reason a student may enter the military upon financial situation. There are also misconceptions on amounts received. It is dangerous to make the assumption that getting a degree in the military will be a luxury ride as the financial benefits dissipate after just a few years. Students have to hustle for their degree upon entering as coverage only lasts so long “only 36 months of benefits are covered.” (Lisa Anderson). Meaning that students have to quickly decide to get a specific major and they can only really pursue a Bachelor degree. That exact time will increase the stress of college. This can be detrimental to a youth’s career as many of the youth who enter the military upon needing schooling did it because they could not afford college as they did not receive scholarships. In addition to length boot camp, physical work, and duty, schoolwork also has to be juggled which will
...an see, there are many reasons why children and teenagers may misbehave. They could be tired, hungry, sick or just scared of the position they're in. There could be problems at home with family, fighting, and competition, and attention seeking within society. Children are easier to understand to why they misbehave but when it comes to teenagers it’s a little ridiculous. They will make lousy decisions that can cause a rough road ahead of them all because they want to be noticed. It’s unpleasant to see what this society has come too.
The GI Bill offered veterans up to $500 a year for college tuition and other educational costs---ample funding at the time. An unmarried veteran also received a $50-a-month allowance for each month spent in uniform; a married veteran received slightly more. Other benefits included mortgage subsidies, enabling veterans to purchase homes with relative ease.
In this day and age you see people who are making bad decisions, for example the use of drugs and underage drinking. The decision to do these things is most of the time done by people who are adolescents. These people don't think about the real consequences that it could have later in their lives or even the damage that it does to their bodies right now. These people do it without thinking.
Simon, C. J., Negrusa, S., & Warner, J. T. (2009, October). Educational Benefits and Military Service: An Analysis of Enlistment, Reenlistment, and Veterans' Benefit Usage 1991-2005 (ISSN 0095-2583). Western Economic Association International.
Dropping out is a personal decision, but many students feel like it's the best option if they have personal or academic issues. Research says, ¨More than 27 percent say that they leave school because they are failing too many classes. About 26 percent of students say that they dropped out to become caregivers to family members in need, and more than 20 percent say that school simply wasn't relevant to their lives,¨ (Learning Liftoff 2). You can legally drop out of high school at age 17 in SC, and you can’t join the military until you are age 17. High school dropouts should not be required to join the military because they may have to drop out for family or personal reasons, or just because they are failing too many classes.
The military has many programs to help pay for all different kinds of college expenses (Kingsbury). The first is going to college after active duty. This means the individual has to serve a certain number of years before he can retire and go to college. The average number of years is four, during which he still receives education and training (Yuengling). The post 9/11 GI bill helps pay for tuition, room and board, and gives a food allowance each month.
The youth of society tend to question and then possibly disregard the rules that are important to their parents if they do not have a good reason to believe in these rules. The rebellious actions of youth can eventually cause their own untimely destruction. (Justin K.)
Finally, when the average American high school graduate steps into the real world and wonders what to do with his life, wondering if going to college is the best choice or wanting to jump into the white/blue collar world. Unfortunately, most don’t have the sufficient funds or the essential experience. That’s why I would recommend them to join the army, because after the completion of
Going into the military isn’t all bad because you can learn all the stuff that American soldiers go through to protect America. We could learn not to take what they do lightly or for granted. Being in the military could be helpful if another country ever decided to try to invade America. No other country would want to invade a country where every man or woman that is there is trained for almost any situation. Not that many people would worry about break-ins or someone mugging them in an alley if everyone had discipline. There's no reason as to why able men and woman shouldn't be obliged to serve their country in times of warfare crisis and/or be prepared for hypothetical wartime. Not only that, but it provides a great amount of benefits, such as: physical conditioning, mental toughening and a chance to help promote equality between young men and women. There are so many immature, feeble-minded, snobbish people in the US nowadays who need to be taught a lesson or two
Mandatory military service may also give people foster children that have just turned 18 an opportunity to start off well. The military give an all paid education with living accommodations and many other privileges
In the first twelve months, a person can expect to receive, after possibly paying a negligible fee, eligibility for the Montgomery GI Bill or the Post 9-11 GI Bill for education benefits, completely removing most, if not all, of the monetary responsibility from the individual (Official GI Bill Website). Not to mention, while they are on active duty there are tuition benefits that may pay for most, if not all, of one’s active duty education. No matter what an individual or his/her family’s financial status, additional funding can only prove beneficial. In fact, it lends the individual integrity as he/she has taken responsibility for their own education, effectively taking the pressure off of their families. It won’t become a financial burden on the government because not everyone will be in the military at the same time. Further still, the people enlisted mandatorily will be discharged after, no longer than, four years. This leaves room for those who enlisted voluntarily to continue on merrily in their military careers.
Interclass correlations (ICCs) were run on the depend variables to ensure that there were no major relations between the young adult and adult samples. Other steps such as excluding high school students that were 18 years of age and other particular background variables within the study were taken to ensure the best results possible. Information such as gender, race and level of education was collected and considered. However, of all the variables the level of education was not included as a control variable because of its strong correlation with the age of each individual. The participants were asked to answer scenario based questions from the Youth Decision Making Questionnaire (YDMQ) and then the responses were sorted in terms of psychosocial content
transcends into adulthood (Casey, 2008). During adolescence there are examinable changes in various areas of life. These changes occur physically as the adolescent goes through puberty, as well as psychological changes where high emotional reactivity emerges, and social development is at its height (Casey, 2008). Adolescents are more likely than adults or children to engage in risky behaviour that can subsequently lead to death or illness by drunk driving, carrying weapons, using illegal drugs, and engaging in unprotected sex, which in turn can lead to STD’s and teenage pregnancies (Eaton, 2006). The prior is proof that adolescents do engage in risky behaviour. Through this essay we will explore the various theories of why risky behaviour is at its height during adolescence.
That means any job or schooling out of the Navy too they pay. I can not wait to earn my spot in the
So what is regret? Regret is a feeling of sadness, repentance, or disappointment over something that has happened or been done. Majority of people experience or feel some kind of regret, in one study of 11 people only 3 people said they felt no regret, the other 103 participants in the survey provided example of regret they had experienced and the average participant provide 6 statements of regret when interviewed (Isenberg,