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<blockquote data-quote="BusynMember" data-source="post: 711710" data-attributes="member: 1550"><p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Maybe a different branch would be a better fit although her executive function issues will still be a problem. I dont mean this as snarky, but the best way I know to explain it is there are no IEPs in the military. You are told. You do it. My husband was in for ten years. He is not school oriented or brilliant, but he is sharp, can think fast on his feet, has an excellent memory and is a self starter and very patriotic, which motivated his enlistment at 17. You also need to be mentally fit enough to fight, kill and see dead people. My husband was an airplane mechanic. He did not fight, although he gladly would have, but he was near action, saw and heard a lot and lost half his hearing. You can not refuse to fight.</li> </ul><p>The military does not try to make adults out of kids who arent there yet. You either grow up very fast, are already mature or you are a liability. This is why, in a smaller way, military schools dont tolerate behavior problems...they will tell the parent that tjeir child is not working out there. Straightening out your kid is not their function.</p><p></p><p>I hope, sincerely, that your daughter can do this and shines.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="BusynMember, post: 711710, member: 1550"] [LIST] [*]Maybe a different branch would be a better fit although her executive function issues will still be a problem. I dont mean this as snarky, but the best way I know to explain it is there are no IEPs in the military. You are told. You do it. My husband was in for ten years. He is not school oriented or brilliant, but he is sharp, can think fast on his feet, has an excellent memory and is a self starter and very patriotic, which motivated his enlistment at 17. You also need to be mentally fit enough to fight, kill and see dead people. My husband was an airplane mechanic. He did not fight, although he gladly would have, but he was near action, saw and heard a lot and lost half his hearing. You can not refuse to fight. [/LIST] The military does not try to make adults out of kids who arent there yet. You either grow up very fast, are already mature or you are a liability. This is why, in a smaller way, military schools dont tolerate behavior problems...they will tell the parent that tjeir child is not working out there. Straightening out your kid is not their function. I hope, sincerely, that your daughter can do this and shines. [/QUOTE]
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