{"id":32204,"date":"2012-10-01T11:58:47","date_gmt":"2012-10-01T15:58:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=32204"},"modified":"2012-10-01T11:58:47","modified_gmt":"2012-10-01T15:58:47","slug":"75-of-american-youths-unfit-for-military","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=32204","title":{"rendered":"75% of American youths unfit for military"},"content":{"rendered":"

A Stars & Stripes<\/a> article reports that there are a number of retired generals who are a little miffed that a study by Mission: Readiness, an organization of more than 300 former military leaders which says that most Americans are ineligible for military service because they’re fat, stupid or criminals or a various combination of the three;<\/p>\n

“Many of our young adults cannot meet the military’s standards in math, reading and problem solving,” said [Retired Maj. Gen. Daniel] O’Neill, a member of Mission: Readiness. “The reality of our modern-day military is that young people in uniform must operate cutting-edge technology and possess critical thinking skills. So, just as in the civilian workforce, the military increasingly needs better-educated young men and women to run its weapons systems.”<\/p>\n

[Denise Cesare, president and CEO of Blue Cross of Northeastern Pennsylvania] expressed the same concerns about a rising skills gap among young people, which she said also has a negative impact on businesses.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Yet, those precious young people are always coming to TAH and trying to school us on law and the other realities of the world as they perceive it, steeped in their fat, illiterate ignorance.<\/p>\n

Of course, these do-gooders, who are clearly outside their respective lanes, recommend more early learning programs…more union thugs earlier in our children’s lives. What we really need is to reform our education system. Toss the unions out along with bad teachers. Throw out the computers and get back to basic education and learning techniques. Teachers did a better job of teaching when they made less money than they make now. We certainly don’t need more union influence in our children’s lives. That’s how we got here. (Does it sound like I’m baiting a particular leftist here?) <\/p>\n

I’m sure the recruiters in the audience can add some anecdotal evidence to support the report, though.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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