Is military training necessary for freshmen

Is military training necessary for freshmen
Is military training necessary for freshmen

Is military training necessary for freshmen?

Editor's note: With the new school semester around the corner, millions of Chinese students are set to undergo 2-week-long compulsory military training to kick off their new lives in high schools or colleges. Is military training beneficial for students and should it be compulsory? You're welcome to leave your comments.

sunnylin01 (China)

It doesn't make any sense to me. I mean, why we have to go through all these terrible experiences. Maybe it is a valuable memory to someone, but it never was to me. I don't know what everybody thinks about it, but I hated it! I went through three military trainings, when I began junior high school, high school and university, respectively, and each was the worst time I had during my stay in each school, and the irony is they are hardly military. We're merely trained in marching and walking moves, and it never makes any sense to me how we're gonna defend our country with this perfectly synchronized walking pace. Our trainers were soldiers and they were usually rude and very unfair when dealing with us. I was constantly being scolded and criticized during the training even when I was definitely obeying.

teamkrejados (US)

In America, students can choose to take part in ROTC: Reserve Officers' Training Corps. This is done on a voluntary basis and the activities happen all year.

In some European and Middle Eastern countries, military service for males is compulsory, usually two years.

Chinese military training in colleges seems rather pointless. There is no follow-through after the initial eight day drilling and subsequent parade, unless you count morning exercise, which most freshmen seem to hate. After freshman year there is no hint of that military discipline.

I would advocate for an indoctrination period for freshmen that included military drilling, but then offer something like America's ROTC for those who are interested in keeping that discipline and getting extra credits on their graduation certificate. Second choice would be to continue drilling at least once per week. At my school, Wednesday afternoons are reserved for teachers' conferences, thus there are no classes. That would be an ideal time.

KnowledgeWisdom (South Africa)

There is nothing wrong with military training when you are in college, it is good for discipline and you learn how to work together as a team; also, when a country might get into a situation where its citizens are needed to defend the country they have some basic knowledge on how to do it. thedrunkingpig (UK)

Self discipline is important. Being told to follow orders is not.

Team building is very important, however, this takes years of practice and requires other skills such as communication skills, something that the average Chinese fails to have. Now I don't see how this training will help build team building skills when they are forced to obey orders from others.

DMZappa (US)

ROTC does teach leadership and discipline. I graduated from the Army and Navy Academy in Carlsbad, California after spending six years there. Class of 1972. In 1970 I was ready (and willing) to go to Vietnam. My brother went MIA that year and I had quite a change of mind. He never returned. I still carry positive traits in my daily life due to that training. It also changed my way of thinking about the world and my country.

Peter (China)

Military training is necessary for students. It is an opportunity for them to learn discipline, cooperation and a firsthand appreciation of the sacrifices of their forefathers in defense of the nation. Most kids today are used to being well protected by their parents and they could learn a tough lesson from it.

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