Quote of the Day

Defenders of mandatory JROTC enrollment reportedly cite the need to “divert students away from drugs or violence” and “the allure of drugs and gangs” in urban areas, as though corralling them into the single most violent gang on Earth is a deterrence from violence and gangs. Grooming students to go kill foreigners for crude oil is not my idea of a healthy diversion from youthful error, but maybe that’s just me.

—Caitlin Johnstone

I find it intensely amusing that Ms. Johnstone is using the term, "Grooming."

I would also note that both theater and music programs are more successful in diverting students from drugs and violence than JROTC, or athletics.

Maybe make band, orchestra, choir, and theater mandatory, not JROTC classes.