http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=389x3677080Oh my.
Trouble brewing down there in south-central Kansas:
greenbriar Donating Member (1000+ posts) Fri Jul-25-08 06:02 PM
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I am soo FRIKING PISSED just found out my 16 year old daughter is signed up for the ASVAB she did
it on her own
Hubby's brother joined the army last year and is getting ready to deploy to Iraq and spent the last month here reqruiting and I guess she has this glorified idea of what it is like
I am sooooooo ****ing pissed and don't know what to
EDIT TO ADD..
She is gifted, is in the top 1/4 of her class. She sings like a dream...She will get Scholarships and does NOT need this to pay for college.
She is graduating HS one year early
she was supposed to go to college
I will NOT let her join the army
and she knows how we feel about this ****ing war
By the way, the greedy thorn primitive is being a
poseur, a fake, using military acronyms like that.
It's really stupid.
Anyway.
It's an enormous bonfire, so only the first few primitive comments.
Cant trust em Donating Member (1000+ posts) Fri Jul-25-08 06:03 PM
Response to Original message
1. What are you going to do?
Sequoia Donating Member (1000+ posts) Fri Jul-25-08 06:04 PM
Response to Original message
2. What is ASVAB?
JoeIsOneOfUs Donating Member (1000+ posts) Fri Jul-25-08 06:05 PM
Response to Reply #2
4. I think it's the test for military entry - armed services something something board/battery?
NightWatcher Donating Member (1000+ posts) Fri Jul-25-08 06:10 PM
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11. Armed Services Vocational Aptitude Battery
Karenina Donating Member (1000+ posts) Fri Jul-25-08 06:06 PM
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7. Whose life is it anyway?
We have NO CHOICE but to LET GO... Easier said than done.
Most primitives suggest the wayward daughter join ROTC or something, for the military experience, and to get college tuition paid. It's a mumble-jumbo of suggestions.
greenbriar Donating Member (1000+ posts) Fri Jul-25-08 06:15 PM
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21. so, she is seriously thinking about joining...thanks to her uncle
she is not taking it through school, I would not be so upset if that were the case
she really thinks there is this glorified thing about the military thanks to her uncle
She and her her dad my hubby have already had serious talks about it. He has told me not to buck against it because it will push her more towards the military for sure
All I have to say is that I will NEVER sign anything and he better not either so if this is what she wants when she is 18 I can't stop her