23% are too dumb to join the US military

Ducimus · 12-21-10, 08:36 PM

http://www.app.com/article/20101221/...military-exam-

According to that article anyway.

TLAM Strike · 12-21-10, 08:44 PM

I told the recruiter that I would only enlist on the condition I be made Chairman of the Joint Chiefs on day one... he told me to leave...

nikimcbee · 12-21-10, 08:45 PM

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Originally Posted by Ducimus

http://www.app.com/article/20101221/...military-exam-

According to that article anyway.

I'd believe that.

I worked with a guy that took, and failed the entrance test for the marines...four times

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Sailor Steve · 12-21-10, 09:17 PM

Back when I was enlistment age you passed the test for the Navy or Air Force, or the Army took you by force.

TFatseas · 12-21-10, 11:37 PM

Meh, I took the ASVAB earlier this year and scored a 70. Not that hard really, basic high school stuff I thought.

Now I wait to go to Ft Knox this March for BCT...

That's where the hard stuff is.

GoldenRivet · 12-21-10, 11:59 PM

in other news

Nearly 80% of Americans smart enough for military service.

bookworm_020 · 12-22-10, 12:56 AM

Well they qualify for jobs in medical testing, so it's not all bad news.......

FIREWALL · 12-22-10, 04:04 AM

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Originally Posted by bookworm_020

Well they qualify for jobs in medical testing, so it's not all bad news.......

Armistead · 12-22-10, 08:12 AM

Add in the numbers of those that don't physically qualify, it goe's way up. Some polls show another 40% wouldn't physically qualify today, only to get worse later.

Anyone that has children in school can see teachers no longer teach subjects, they teach kids how to pass test.

FIREWALL · 12-22-10, 08:18 AM

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Originally Posted by bookworm_020

Well they qualify for jobs in medical testing, so it's not all bad news.......

If this thread runs long enough you'll see 20% here, aren't bright enough to get the joke you said.

krashkart · 12-22-10, 09:08 AM

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Originally Posted by bookworm_020

Well they qualify for jobs in medical testing, so it's not all bad news.......

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Originally Posted by FIREWALL

If this thread runs long enough you'll see 20% here, aren't bright enough to get the joke you said.

Uh, what are you guys talking about?

23% doesn't seem like a very big number. That's far lower than the percentage of sleepy, unresponsive high school grads in some of the college courses I took.

Takeda Shingen · 12-22-10, 09:46 AM

Based on what I see at work, I'd say that the figure is pretty accurate, even for the whole society. I would guess that about a fifth of the students that I see in class can't really handle the college workload either. A lot of them end up dropping out after the semester is over. For them, college was a short, albeit expensive detour in life.

Onkel Neal · 12-22-10, 10:33 AM

Too dumb? Or just too uneducated? There is a difference.

razark · 12-22-10, 10:45 AM

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Originally Posted by Neal Stevens

Too dumb? Or just too uneducated? There is a difference.

Ignorance is correctable, stupid is forever.

the_tyrant · 12-22-10, 10:46 AM

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Originally Posted by Takeda Shingen

Based on what I see at work, I'd say that the figure is pretty accurate, even for the whole society. I would guess that about a fifth of the students that I see in class can't really handle the college workload either. A lot of them end up dropping out after the semester is over. For them, college was a short, albeit expensive detour in life.

I suppose your talking about a difficult subject?
My friends say that some subjects just take effort, while others need intelligence.

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The report by The Education Trust found that 23 percent of recent high school graduates don't get the minimum score needed on the enlistment test to join any branch of the military.

23 percent can't even be a grunt in the army?
how did they graduate from high school?

12-21-10, 08:36 PM	#1
Ducimus Rear Admiral Join Date: May 2005 Posts: 12,987 Downloads: 67 Uploads: 2	23% are too dumb to join the US military http://www.app.com/article/20101221/...military-exam- According to that article anyway.

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TLAM Strike Navy Seal Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Rochester, New York Posts: 8,633 Downloads: 29 Uploads: 6	I told the recruiter that I would only enlist on the condition I be made Chairman of the Joint Chiefs on day one... he told me to leave... __________________

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Sailor Steve Eternal Patrol Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: High in the mountains of Utah Posts: 50,369 Downloads: 745 Uploads: 249	Back when I was enlistment age you passed the test for the Navy or Air Force, or the Army took you by force. __________________ “Never do anything you can't take back.” —Rocky Russo

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GoldenRivet Subsim Aviator Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Texas Posts: 8,726 Downloads: 146 Uploads: 0	in other news Nearly 80% of Americans smart enough for military service. __________________

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TFatseas Medic Join Date: Sep 2008 Posts: 166 Downloads: 2 Uploads: 0	Meh, I took the ASVAB earlier this year and scored a 70. Not that hard really, basic high school stuff I thought. Now I wait to go to Ft Knox this March for BCT... That's where the hard stuff is.

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Armistead Rear Admiral Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: on the Dan Posts: 10,880 Downloads: 364 Uploads: 0	Add in the numbers of those that don't physically qualify, it goe's way up. Some polls show another 40% wouldn't physically qualify today, only to get worse later. Anyone that has children in school can see teachers no longer teach subjects, they teach kids how to pass test.

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Takeda Shingen Navy Seal Join Date: Mar 2000 Posts: 8,643 Downloads: 19 Uploads: 0	Based on what I see at work, I'd say that the figure is pretty accurate, even for the whole society. I would guess that about a fifth of the students that I see in class can't really handle the college workload either. A lot of them end up dropping out after the semester is over. For them, college was a short, albeit expensive detour in life.

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