Jrotc
Shaping the Next Generation
Without meaningful experiences that can be used after graduation leading into college and expanding into a career, students are at a disadvantage to growing to their full potential. However, through the establishment of the Junior Reserve Officer Training Corp (JROTC) in schools students can gain life changing experiences. The National Defense Act of 1916 allowed the JROTC program to be established in the United States. Active duty military personnel were given the equipment needed to run the program in a high school (Army ROTC par. 1). In the Title Ten of the U.S. Code it states “it is a purpose of the Junior Reserve Officers’ Training Corps to instill in students in the United States secondary educational institutions …show more content…
Within JROTC in the second year of being a cadet, students explore the ventures of how to be the model citizen from learning first aid to the foundation of the United States. The student learn how to treat a wide range of the following injuries: bleeding, shock, fractures, burns, poisons, bruises, heat, cold weather, and animal related wounds (Pruitt 39-86). The students are encouraged to put their knowledge of first aid to practice in the event that someone gets hurt. Students learn about the Good Samaritan Law, which was “designed to protect rescuers and encourage people to assist others in distress by granting them immunity against lawsuits...as long as rescuers [are] acting in good faith, without compensation and administers first aid correctly and without malicious misconduct or gross negligence,” to feel safe while trying to help others without the fear of blame for any unexpected troubles (Pruitt 24). From the research of Lutz and Bartlett it states “that proponents claim that [the JROTC program] instills discipline and changes the behavior of unruly teenagers so they can be productive citizens (Bulach par. 4).” When the instructors teach the students about how to become better citizens, student know how to give back more locally and nationally. Student in JROTC also learn about the importance of giving back to others through learning about service learning projects. Legget expresses how important selfless service is in JROTC in this statement, “More than anything, JROTC is about service to others. We want cadets to have a heart for service to others (Legget par. 9).” Because of the high standard set by JROTC instructors, students are pushed to the limits of that some never thought were in their reach (Bulach par. 4). Legget believes that “cadets in the JROTC programs are some of the best student citizens (Legget par. 12).” With the JROTC
Without meaningful experiences that can be used after graduation leading into college and expanding into a career, students are at a disadvantage to growing to their full potential. However, through the establishment of the Junior Reserve Officer Training Corp (JROTC) in schools students can gain life changing experiences. The National Defense Act of 1916 allowed the JROTC program to be established in the United States. Active duty military personnel were given the equipment needed to run the program in a high school (Army ROTC par. 1). In the Title Ten of the U.S. Code it states “it is a purpose of the Junior Reserve Officers’ Training Corps to instill in students in the United States secondary educational institutions …show more content…
Within JROTC in the second year of being a cadet, students explore the ventures of how to be the model citizen from learning first aid to the foundation of the United States. The student learn how to treat a wide range of the following injuries: bleeding, shock, fractures, burns, poisons, bruises, heat, cold weather, and animal related wounds (Pruitt 39-86). The students are encouraged to put their knowledge of first aid to practice in the event that someone gets hurt. Students learn about the Good Samaritan Law, which was “designed to protect rescuers and encourage people to assist others in distress by granting them immunity against lawsuits...as long as rescuers [are] acting in good faith, without compensation and administers first aid correctly and without malicious misconduct or gross negligence,” to feel safe while trying to help others without the fear of blame for any unexpected troubles (Pruitt 24). From the research of Lutz and Bartlett it states “that proponents claim that [the JROTC program] instills discipline and changes the behavior of unruly teenagers so they can be productive citizens (Bulach par. 4).” When the instructors teach the students about how to become better citizens, student know how to give back more locally and nationally. Student in JROTC also learn about the importance of giving back to others through learning about service learning projects. Legget expresses how important selfless service is in JROTC in this statement, “More than anything, JROTC is about service to others. We want cadets to have a heart for service to others (Legget par. 9).” Because of the high standard set by JROTC instructors, students are pushed to the limits of that some never thought were in their reach (Bulach par. 4). Legget believes that “cadets in the JROTC programs are some of the best student citizens (Legget par. 12).” With the JROTC