Comments on: Dogmatism, personality type and self-esteem

By: Justthisguy

Justthisguy — Mon, 28 May 2007 08:07:55 +0000

To get back on topic, when I was a senior in high school I was actively recruited to be a Naval Officer, that is the 4-year ROTC Regular scholarship program they had back then. Mrs. Stewart (AKA Lt.Commander Stewart, USNR, Ret.) who was one of the guidance counselors, really dogged me hard about that.

Fortunately, my intuitive misgivings about my leadership deficiencies prevailed, so that I did not get a chance to disgrace self or country in some spectacular way.

P.s. Had vision been perfect in both eyes, instead of just one, I might have taken my chances anyway in hopes of the Wings of Gold. They mentioned NFO, but that just didn’t do it for me. Hey, I was 17

By: Justthisguy

Justthisguy — Sat, 26 May 2007 10:24:34 +0000

Myers-Briggs, eh? Proud to be an INTP, m’self, just like The Donovan. (though he claims he was an INTJ when he was being a badass officer-like person)

Anybody else here want to declare which unpronouncable four-letter word suits him best?

By: CPT J

CPT J — Fri, 25 May 2007 15:52:08 +0000

What AW1 Tim and Irish said.

I have parents who are amazed at the transformation of their cadets who are in JROTC or CAP [sometimes it is a shared program]. Most of these kids will not follow a military career, but they become true citizens, not ‘time share Americans.’

I always thank the parents for THEIR service, raising children who understand service before self. Most enthusiastically “get” the compliment as it was intended. Those who don’t tend toward the self-obsessed intellectual personality type.

Fortunately [and ironically] their kids are made of sterner stuff than that. The Greatest Generation skipped one, and has now returned.

By: MajMike

MajMike — Fri, 25 May 2007 13:28:04 +0000

wow. a study involving Navy Junior ROTC cadets uncovered a suggestion of an inclination to prefer service in the Navy (for those cadets expressing an interest in military enlistment) [conclusion #4].

better get Sherlock Holmes and get to the bottom of this conundrum.

poor misguided little waifs.

By: irish

irish — Fri, 25 May 2007 01:47:29 +0000

Chuck, hope it works out for you – stay on line and let us know how we can help – my wife’s school started JROTC 2 years ago and the kids love it – doesn’t have anything to do with recruiting only duty, honor, commitment, integrity, teamwork and pride… not bad attributes for teenagers to have,,, Irish

By: Michelle

Michelle — Fri, 25 May 2007 01:07:58 +0000

Nice article – “San Fransisco Torpedoes JROTC”.
I got a real kick out of this quote:

“There should be separation between the military and civilian society.”

First it was church and state, now its military and civilian society?