Posted on 03/13/2005 1:47:26 PM PST by traderrob6
Good! I hope the can suggest a service and MOS while they’re at it.
If someone feel that’s too much of a burden for having us pay for their education, they’re free to reject our money.
Each student's family can ask for that info to be withheld, but it will be withheld from all recruiters.
Do you have any proble with trade schools, colleges and universities having directory information?
Or should only military recruiters be denied that information?
Recruiting is REQUIRED by Congress. I'm sure that you'd prefer that a recruiter have directory information than having a draft.
Don’t piss me off or I’ll have my thugs break down your door. We know all about you.
Yep. Asking the schools to be neutral would be a huge step in the right direction, as well. Allow the recruiters on to have their say, but keep the records closed.
Trade school, colleges, etc...the prospective student is an adult, minors are a different story...
The Left wants a war, it just doesn't want the United States to win it.
Bravo...some are not consistent in how personal information should be allowed to be disseminated...
Is your objection with any recruiters contacting high school students (trade school, college or university) or just the military recruiters?
Current law allows access to directory information and recruiters are bound by Privacy Act statutes.
Any reason that a college recruiter should have directory information and a military recruiter should not?
....I don't think the recruiters should be given access to student's home information....
So it's ok for coaches to bug jocks at home but unreasonable for military recruiters to offer jobs at home?
The military should be allowed all info that is public.
Recruiters have tough jobs (a good friend is an E-7/Gunny in charge of a recruiting district near Baltimore). I just think a student's personal information should remain private.
Uh, trade schools and colleges start to contact high school students when they are minors. If "Hahvahd" wants to contact all of a schools National Merit Scholars (and they DO, because I got mailings from LOTS of colleges as a National Merit finalist), then so should the military be allowed to contact folks that might be interested in THEIR programs.
The opportunity to be neutral was before accepting our funding.
By being "merit scholar" you consented to allowing your information to colleges, etc...
All I'm saying is Fed Government/military should not have access to a minor's school records...
You aren't really answering the question although reading between the lines you seem to think that high school students should be shielded from military recruiters.
Minor cannot sign any elnsitment agreements without parental consent, so where's your objection?
Let's apply Honda's reasoning to parental consent laws for abortions involving minors. He is anti-military to the core.
No access to a minor's records...
And it is not "shielded" from military recruiting. Gee, a person would have to be pretty ah, um, 'slow' to not know the military is out there....
Congratulations on your son's achievement. I'm in the USAF and it's good to see hard-chargers like him headed our way. I wish him continued success. I hope your younger son achieves his goal, too.
"trust the military with personal information a hell of a lot more than the public schools political re-education camps."
As do I
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