Military vs College
"I shouldn't have to justify my goals to make other people
feel comfortable."
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By Tilondra Barnett
Unlike many of my fellow 12th graders, I'm not worried
about the SAT. The Air Force, not college, is my destination.
I'm a leader and have great potential. My skills in ROTC will give
me the extra push. I don't understand why people don't support me
when I say I want to join the military. The benefits are great and
I'll always have a job. When I tell my peers about my passion for
the military, they ask ridiculous questions like, "You're not
afraid you'll be sent to war?" or the one I hate the most-
"You're not afraid you'll die?" Just because a person
enters the military doesn't mean they're going to war. I shouldn't
have to justify my goals to make other people feel comfortable.
While I'm in the air chilling in my fighter jet, the way the economy
is looking, people with a college degree will be lucky to get a
job at McDonalds. You see more and more young people everyday with
degrees and they're right back at home with their parents. Their
degree doesn't mean a thing in the real world, when you have millions
of people who are already jobless. It's first come, first served.
I have a great opportunity to do something I love and still get
paid for it. I'll attend college eventually, but I'll do it for
myself, not because a bunch of people tell me I need too.
Tilondra Barnett is a reporter at VOX Newspaper in Atlanta, Georgia.
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