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saw scary motives behind the program and approvingly cited teachers’ attempts to shut out military recruiters: “In Tucson, Arizona, Rolande Baker had had enough of the (recruiters’) feet in her and her colleagues’ doors,” the reporter wrote. If she got a note from a recruiter requesting to speak to her students, “It would make me so angry, I would tear it up into little pieces,” she said. So, Ms. Baker “successfully lobbied the Tucson Unified School District last year to severely curtail recruiters’ access to schools.”
NEA opposes mandatory and/or coerced participation of students in the administration of the Armed Services Vocational Aptitude Battery (ASVAB) exam.
Do you see this as a problem? I do not support the NEA in any way, however I also oppose mandatory and/or coerced participation in the ASVAB exam. The US Military is a potential career opportunity for some students, as is each university... I would not want my kid to be forced or coerced into taking their entrance exams either!
Are there schools out there that coerce the students into the ASVAB? Or is this just another non-issue that my union likes to get started on occasion?
My school usually has about 20 to 30 kids take the ASVAB (none coerced), most of whom are in the NJROTC program. We usually have several join the military and 4 years out of 5 we have at least 1 go to one of the Academies and a few more each year receive ROTC scholarships.
I have absolutely no respect for the NEA, I have been an educator for 25 years. Do not confuse the concept of a teachers' union as an organization that actually cares about kids. They care about political clout.
In Illinois, the IEA (Illinois Education Association) endorsed Blagojevich as he was taking our pension money from the Teacher Retirement System to attempt to cover shortfalls he created in other budget areas.
College recruiters are on high school campuses all the time, and it's announced. I don't see any problem with the armed services having a table front and center. For alot of students, it would be more productive to go into the Navy, Marines, Army or Air Force than to college.
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