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- What do I think about military recruiters in public school?
- My Story.
- My Checklist of Changes:
- Letter to School Board December 2010
- Letter to School Board January 2012
- Local Newspaper Article
- Guest Column in the Oregonian 26FEB12
- Join me on my protest - by proxy!
- It pays to go to college!
- Veterans for Peace article.
- The State of Military Recruiting
- After High School - Great reference!
- Motives of the Military article - Good Read.
I do not think trained military sales people should be
allowed to solicit children under 18 years of age, especially in a Public School.
The adolescent brain is not fully developed and cannot fully discern
actions and consequences.
NNOMY is a worthy organization that speaks to this issue, and they
have a Facebook page also.
I have pondered this idea of "what adults" do we allow to overtly sell to our children in person?
I am talking, "sell" here. Something involving a contract.
Would you send your 14 year old to buy your next used car and be the one to negotiate your vehicle trade-in?
I think not.
I think you, as a good parent, would go along with your kid, and use your adult brain to negotiate the perceived "tricks" that those salespeople use to sell a vehicle.
You would do this to protect your child.
Well, and because you are not dumb.
Why would you allow a salesperson (military recruiter) to woo your child year after year in a public school and not be there to protect them from being swayed to sign an irrevocable contract?
Not that a 14 year old can sign that contract.
Yet.
The consistent presence of the military recruiters in public schools is no different than a repetitive TV commercial.
There is a reason that the recruiters come back again and again.
The familiarity in a perceived "safe place" like a public school lends credence to their sales mission.
They must sign contracts.
They must sell.
That is their mission.
allowed to solicit children under 18 years of age, especially in a Public School.
The adolescent brain is not fully developed and cannot fully discern
actions and consequences.
NNOMY is a worthy organization that speaks to this issue, and they
have a Facebook page also.
I have pondered this idea of "what adults" do we allow to overtly sell to our children in person?
I am talking, "sell" here. Something involving a contract.
Would you send your 14 year old to buy your next used car and be the one to negotiate your vehicle trade-in?
I think not.
I think you, as a good parent, would go along with your kid, and use your adult brain to negotiate the perceived "tricks" that those salespeople use to sell a vehicle.
You would do this to protect your child.
Well, and because you are not dumb.
Why would you allow a salesperson (military recruiter) to woo your child year after year in a public school and not be there to protect them from being swayed to sign an irrevocable contract?
Not that a 14 year old can sign that contract.
Yet.
The consistent presence of the military recruiters in public schools is no different than a repetitive TV commercial.
There is a reason that the recruiters come back again and again.
The familiarity in a perceived "safe place" like a public school lends credence to their sales mission.
They must sign contracts.
They must sell.
That is their mission.