lynn Posted February 25, 2009 Share Posted February 25, 2009 My oldest son did rotc for 1.5 years and I do not the entire story but there was some issue and he felt he was finished with ROTC so he got out to take another elective. Now my 13 year old wants to pass his brother in ROTC rank just to prove he can do it. I am trying to gauge his actually ROTC interest and I am not quite sure. I think he does want to do it just to one up his brother. My question is would you let the 13 year old do ROTC just for the competition with his brother? Personally I feel it's a great course with a lot of opportunities and the discipline was very good for my oldest son. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WTMindy Posted February 25, 2009 Share Posted February 25, 2009 I would let him do it if he wants, but I would also be having discussions about his motivation. I think sometimes competition can be healthy and sometimes it can be harmful, so you will have to figure that out in your conversations. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OH Kim Posted February 25, 2009 Share Posted February 25, 2009 Yes, I'd let him. He's going to learn the hard way about determining the cost of one-upmanship, or he's going to get ROTC experience that will help him the rest of his life. Sounds win-win to me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
st_claire Posted February 25, 2009 Share Posted February 25, 2009 ROTC is awesome. I would encourage it, for any reason he wants. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sebastian (a lady) Posted February 25, 2009 Share Posted February 25, 2009 Well, it's not as if the unit is going to just give him the rank. Isn't he going to have to put a lot of work into this? My dh and his brothers are all Eagle Scouts. They all attended the same private high school and they each excelled in different things. For my youngest BIL, it was sometimes hard to be the youngest. He decided that he was going to get his Eagle Scout at a younger age than the other two had. Worked hard and did exactly that. I doubt that your son would continue in something that he despised just to show up his brother. But it may be an area that he sees he can excel in. I'd let him go for it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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