Jrotc?

Peacock · #1 01/27/10, 03:18 PM

Daughter is considering this for next year, 9th grade. Air Force.

Anyone have a kid in this program? Good or bad? Was it useful to them, and in what way?

Thanks!

Kmac15 · #2 01/27/10, 05:18 PM

DS was in the Navy JROTC in ninth grade. He hated it, but he has always hated any kind of organized class. The only reason he took it was to get out of taking gym.
I took Army JROTC and loved it, but I like organized classes and in fact took it my whole time in that high school.

pamda · #3 01/27/10, 06:08 PM

I was Air Force jr rotc in the '70's and loved it. I would have gone on, had a scholorship for nursing school but got pregers and married instead. Don't regret the child but regret the lost chance.

Ravenlost · #4 01/27/10, 06:11 PM

My hubby was in ROTC in high school and loved it.

deaconjim · #5 01/27/10, 06:28 PM

I was in AF Jr ROTC in the 70s as well, and learned a lot.

IMContrary · #6 01/27/10, 06:32 PM

My youngest nephew is in his fourth year of Jr. ROTC. He has loved it and I think it has been good for him. Not only that, but if you keep it up and continue ROTC in college, you can get some good scholarships.

Peacock · #7 01/27/10, 06:46 PM

Thanks. Quite a contrast, isn't it? Cheerleader ----> JROTC!!!

Ah, but my girl is very adaptable.

She's deep in thought right now, trying to figure out how she can balance all of the things she wants to do next year. Girl Scouts and Venturing (she plans to drop the GS troop and just stay registered to do council-wide activities, and join a Venturing troop instead), band (just concert band, not marching, probably), JROTC, German club, honors English (if she makes it), and she wants to do sidelines cheer for basketball but not the competition squad, and try dance class.

Yikes! I'd love to see her do all those things but it wears me out just typing it! I told her she really needs to figure out what's most important and eliminate a few. I told her to chat with her guidance counselor at school. Keeping busy may keep her out of trouble, but a girl needs time to daydream, too.

Grandmotherbear · #8 01/27/10, 07:02 PM

Edayna- in high school I:
attended one GS meeting monthly and all campoutsall 4 years
Yearbook meeting one lunch period weekly (Editor, Sr Year after 4 years peon)
Debate Squad 4 lunches weekly+1meeting week plus attended all scheduled debates and forensic conferences in NY, Richmond and Washington DC.all 4 years
Pep Club Meetings one time a month all 4 years
newspaper meetings weekly (Class Editor)(published weekly)jr and sr years
Literary magazine meetings weekly - published 2x annual senior Year
Also took Honors English+ History Jr yearand Honors English Sr and took advanced French for 3 years - dropped it Senior year.
In addition I worked 20-36 hrs a week, attended Methodist Youth Group years 3 +4 and ran the coffeehouse at the Methodist Church on Friday nights from 9pm to Midnight.
PLUS read far more than I should have and hung out in Georgetown (DC) during our own little summer of love 1967 and 1968.
I'm probably nowhere near as motivated as your daughter.
Let her decide. If she wants to do it all just keep her dinner in the frigererator till she makes it home.
Um, I assume you don't have to do the driving-my father turned over a 1959 Ford to me, that all my friends and I painted with flowers one memorable night...