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<blockquote data-quote="Lil" data-source="post: 655760" data-attributes="member: 17309"><p>Yeah...but the army doesn't just let you quit! LOL </p><p></p><p>Ah well, we'll see. I am just really worried about him suddenly being a minority. </p><p></p><p>How white and entitled I sound. Maybe even racist. I swear I'm not...not in the least! But I don't pretend to be color blind...there are cultural differences that he has no real clue about, being raised in a middle-class household in a predominately white, mid western town. I'm sure not going to pretend that I have a clue, but I do have black friends...they'd agree with me. In fact, I mentioned this to one of my friends today and she laughed and laughed at the thought of my lily-white son living in inner-city Chicago. He's in for serious culture shock. I was a bit concerned that the recruiter guy said, "You may not have a problem with other races...that doesn't mean other people might not have a problem with your race!" He was so adamant about that, that it has me worried. </p><p></p><p>But today was a pretty good day...He did his orientation for his new job, and gets paid for that time. He'll have more of that in the next day or two and then starts working and will be paid weekly...so he'll get some money soon. I did tell him not to tell his job about Job Corps until he has to give notice...and not to give them more than 2 weeks, for fear of them firing him when he needs the money. He said that they told him that no matter how long he works there, he could be eligible for a transfer anywhere there is a store of that brand. He even said, "So, if I work here a few weeks and say, move to Chicago, I could transfer to a store there?" and was told yes, if there was an opening. Of course, I pointed out that Job Corps may not allow you to have a job, but that he was even thinking of working and going to school at the same time? That's something.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Lil, post: 655760, member: 17309"] Yeah...but the army doesn't just let you quit! LOL Ah well, we'll see. I am just really worried about him suddenly being a minority. How white and entitled I sound. Maybe even racist. I swear I'm not...not in the least! But I don't pretend to be color blind...there are cultural differences that he has no real clue about, being raised in a middle-class household in a predominately white, mid western town. I'm sure not going to pretend that I have a clue, but I do have black friends...they'd agree with me. In fact, I mentioned this to one of my friends today and she laughed and laughed at the thought of my lily-white son living in inner-city Chicago. He's in for serious culture shock. I was a bit concerned that the recruiter guy said, "You may not have a problem with other races...that doesn't mean other people might not have a problem with your race!" He was so adamant about that, that it has me worried. But today was a pretty good day...He did his orientation for his new job, and gets paid for that time. He'll have more of that in the next day or two and then starts working and will be paid weekly...so he'll get some money soon. I did tell him not to tell his job about Job Corps until he has to give notice...and not to give them more than 2 weeks, for fear of them firing him when he needs the money. He said that they told him that no matter how long he works there, he could be eligible for a transfer anywhere there is a store of that brand. He even said, "So, if I work here a few weeks and say, move to Chicago, I could transfer to a store there?" and was told yes, if there was an opening. Of course, I pointed out that Job Corps may not allow you to have a job, but that he was even thinking of working and going to school at the same time? That's something. [/QUOTE]
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