On 3/25/2018 1:54 AM, Bill wrote:
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On Sat, 24 Mar 2018 13:29:53 -0400, Keyser Soze
wrote:
On 3/24/18 1:21 PM, wrote:
BTW the army did draft people in your position, if they had critical
skills. My buddy was drafted within months after graduating because
they wanted computer guys ... and he was married with a kid.
Evidently they had all of the liberal arts people they needed.
Right, because what use would the military have for someone with
language skills in Russian and German, and knowledge of group dynamics
(sociology), and skills to teach English to nincompoops. I'm happy the
military had no use for me.
Evidently not. If they really thought you had something they needed
they would have drafted you. They certainly had no need for a liberal
arts style of group dynamics and the only thing they wanted to say in
Russian is "You better stay in Russia or we will **** you up".
My wife’s best childhood friend married a West Point grad. The military
sent him to the Sorbonne for French and the defense language institute for
Vietnamese. Language specialist. Maybe they figured your grasp of
Russian and German would only be good for writing simple jingles. Or the
fat disqualified you.
The draft board would have absolutely no knowledge of Harry's grasp of
Russian or German ... or anything else for that matter. In those days
you were just a name with a number who had registered for the draft when
you turned 18.