tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-133521035538248322.post1631494894361853136..comments2023-12-24T05:39:44.753-06:00Comments on Mike Klonsky's Blog: Militarization of public schoolingMike Klonskyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02017021676773731024noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-133521035538248322.post-76632146718326989742009-11-05T12:30:02.930-06:002009-11-05T12:30:02.930-06:00"I ain't gonna study war no more..."..."I ain't gonna study war no more..."Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-133521035538248322.post-38325436541550473652009-11-05T08:22:29.540-06:002009-11-05T08:22:29.540-06:00But doesn't it make you wonder why a low numbe...But doesn't it make you wonder why a low number of white kids choose these academies? And why military academies are in low-income neighborhoods while there is not one--not one--high school with the words "college prep" in a largely Latino neighborhood? <br /><br />Bottom line: inequities exist. We can blog about it all day. But what we need to do is act on it.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-133521035538248322.post-35646940761194003292009-11-04T14:43:53.401-06:002009-11-04T14:43:53.401-06:00The military isn't a terrible option for kids ...The military isn't a terrible option for kids whose families normally wouldn't be able to afford college tutition. I have a friend who went this route, and after she got to see the world during her service time, she went back to school and had a much better sense of what she wanted to do with her life than I did when I finished high school and then went directly into college. <br /><br />I graduated from an affluent high school in the suburbs and some of my graduating classmates chose to pursue the military regardless of what their parents could afford for them. Sure, we didn't have a military academy, but that obviously didn't stop some of my classmates from pursuing that option. Today, I know that two of those kids that went into the military are now in medical school.<br /><br />Point being, it's not like kids are forced into these academies or are forced to even join the military after graduating from high school - it's one of very many choices they have! They can always go to their neighborhood school or one of the city's many other high school options - they choose the academy.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com