Fact: Most people join the military to help pay for college.
God damn you!!!
More like;
“I don’t think so”
Everyone else says;
“LOL, wrong again.”
Well, if by “Everyone else says” you mean a few anonymous posters on a message board and a paper from 1998, then sure, you’re right. Congrats!
fwiw, there’s even less evidence that the assertion is inaccurate.
Why not reserve judgment rather than decide that it’s inaccurate?
Doing a bit of digging… Nope. I tried to find a breakdown of the family wealth of recruits, but pretty much came up empty on that. So, I can only go be the anecdotal data that, out of the people that I knew that served in the military, nearly all did so because of the college opportunities. Now, the fact that I met most of them in college may skew that a bit. But, had they not joined the military, I wouldn’t have met them there.
Even for those who could “afford” it, it is still a massive burden either on their family or on their future earning potential in paying off student loans for a decade or more, so, while it may not be necessary, it is still a major motivating factor.
That said, I am willing to change the “most”, to “many”, and I don’t see how that would change my point in the slightest.
How about “some”?
Bordering China and South Korea and near Japan is the “middle of nowhere”? :dubious:
Let’s see.
PatriotX - “Most people join the military because they get a free pony for enlisting”
Me - “Sorry, but I don’t think that’s true”
PatriotX - “Prove me wrong!”
:rolleyes:
This 2011 Pew study of post-9/11 veterans seems to support the assertion that most people join the military for the educational benefits
This 2014 report from the Institute for College Access & Success indicates that 71% of 4-year college graduates carry student loan debt.
Perhaps “it’s the only way” to pay for college is not exactly accurate, but it’s not a huge jump to surmise that most military recruits consider the educational benefits they receive as preferable to usual method of assuming debt to obtain a college degree.
and he’s got … huge … tracts of land!
No silly, they are part of the “DC Universe”… Green Lecterns, Yellow Lecterns, Black Lecterns, and Red lecterns.
It’s got something to do with Hal Jordan and Sinestro.
According to that chart, 88% of people said “To serve my country”. So, most people joined the military to serve their country. Would you consider that statement accurate or not?
I am positive that most military recruits consider the educational benefits they receive as preferable to usual method of assuming debt to obtain a college degree.
When a young man or woman is considering joining the military, it would not surprise me that college help was in the top ten reasons. It would surprise me that there are ten reasons. Back in the day, when I studied this question by kerosene lamp, young men would join the Air Force so they wouldn’t get drafted into the Army. The Coast Guard had a waiting list. Even the Texas Air National Guard was very, very selective. Protecting the skies above Amarillo from Viet Cong aircraft.
How about “75%”?
You’re nitpicking about bullshit. Stop hijacking the thread, you nitwit.
I joined the Air Force because I had a low draft number and there was this little thing going on in Vietnam.
I blame the Trump Administration for the willful misuse of statistics as evidenced by the declaration that 75% of people join the military because that was the only way to pay for college! How’s that? Anything?
Carry on the Administration bashing I guess.
Holy shit this nit-picky semantic discussion of why people join the military is the most inane hijack of a thread I’ve ever seen. And that’s saying something.
It helps if you actually read the study as opposed to getting all your information from the pictures:
You implied that a study from 1998 was not current enough. This one specifically refers to the reasons that more recent veterans give and now you’ve decided that you like the statistics that include the reasons older veterans gave. Which is it? As to the percentages, would you agree that recruits often cite multiple reasons for joining which is why 88% and 75% exceed 100% and, further, that one reason doesn’t negate another?
What are you talking about? It clearly says “Nearly nine-in-ten post-9/11 veterans (88%)” (bolding mine). That is a reason newer veterans gave. 88% of them. Like I said.