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nonsense! It’s their fault they couldn’t get into college and had to join the army!</p>
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<p>Another false observation on College Confidential. At least fully explain what you mean by that so I can compare it to my situation, my classmates, and people I graduated high school with who went on to serve.</p>
<p>Really good post man. That was really inspiring and has me thinking that I am more fortunate than many other people who would die to have a good education.</p>
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<p>Jones101UT:
“If a student wants to post his/her pretentious views on something as complex as a war, and expects his opinion to be regarded with sincerity, I would like to think such an individual has developed the maturity to cope with a college rejection without falling into a pre-adolescent pit of despair.”</p>
<p>*Yeah-- if you guys dont support the troops and the war and give them the respect they deserve, you’re pretentious and immature. Nevermind that dissent is democratic, and everyone has a right to their own opinion (the 1st amendment is outdated anyway). And you should learn to cope with rejection. Life IS rejection. The soliders willfully signed up to fight for our rights! Sure they wern’t born into poverty and disease like the Sudanese in Darfur, or oppressed in their religion to the point of death like those in China and Indonesia, but they’ve seen a lot of bad too, and students should learn to put things in perspective.</p>
<p>“Kids aspiring to the top colleges in America should have the cognitive ability to realize this, and they should posses the understanding that the school where one attends undergraduate studies is relatively low in importance.”</p>
<p>*Seriously, undergraduate studies are NOT important. Since we’re obviously using the minority for cognitive argument here- there may be some of you who want to cognitivly better the world, from a position of cognitive leadership. And yes, you may know that the odds are with you if you graduate from a top-tier school. But what’s wrong with community college (heck- no college?!), it would be cognitvly harder, yes. A lot of your cognitive ideas might be wasted. And sure, you KNOW you can make a difference. But wouldn’t it be a better success story if you graduated from a lower-tier school? stop complaining.</p>
<p>“If posters here would like to whine, sulk, and bemoan over rejection letters for days on end, then by all means, it is your right as a teenager to do so. However, when a veteran speaks of his experience at war, please do everyone a favor and stay at the kiddie table while the grown-ups talk.”</p>
<p>*if an adult gets divorced, or has a parent die, or gets in a car wreck permanently disableing them- they won’t whine, sulk or bemoan! That’s what teenagers do, and adults know how to suck it up. If you arn’t going to respect other people’s sorrows more than your own, then you obviously belong at the kiddie table- in assigned seats- with the plastic silverware.</p>
<p>“Finally, the next time a vet has a message to relay, I encourage those in disagreement to keep their immature comments to themselves. Nobody wants your sympathy. If anything, it seems it?s the OP who?s sympathetic towards some kids? lack of cognition.”</p>
<p>*You should never, ever, under ANY cimcumstances disagree with a Vet! Many of them are supporting your rights as an American (except freedome of speech, then you have to agree), all opinions in oppisition are immature and tyrannical! Do you think we want your sympathy…er…Do you think we are gonna give you our sympathy?-- No. Not when there are soliders out there killing people in our honor!</p>
<p>“The OP didn?t ask for anyone?s opinions.”</p>
<p>*Yeah- it’s a discussion board…no opinions were asked for, so we don’t want to hear them. (only mine and Jones101UT’s)</p>
<p>“In this situation, the adage, if you don’t have anything nice to say, then don’t say anything, would have been appropriate.”</p>
<p>*“some people’s childish behavior”<br>
“misguided and uninformed.”
“making irrelevant comments and diluting the purpose the OP?s thread.”<br>
"pretentious views "<br>
“ridiculously ignorant.”<br>
“imprudent high school”<br>
“those few who taint the reputation of their future university”<br>
“many are smarter than you”<br>
These statements, however, are an exception to the previously stated adage.</p>
<p>and to end my post, a few relevant quotes:</p>
<p>“War will exist until that distant day when the conscientious objector enjoys the same reputation and prestige that the warrior does today.” ~John F. Kennedy
“Never think that war, no matter how necessary, nor how justified, is not a crime.” ~Ernest Hemingway
“We kill because we are afraid of our own shadow, afraid that if we used a little common sense we’d have to admit that our glorious principles were wrong.” ~Henry Miller, The Wisdom of the Heart, 1941
“Liberty and democracy become unholy when their hands are dyed red with innocent blood.” ~Gandhi, Non-violence in Peace and War, 1948</p>
<p>How about “War is peace”? ;)</p>
<p>Thanks for sharing your story, its truly inspiring!</p>
<p>I understand that you?ve lived through a lot, and lived many experiences that many of us will probably never encounter; the United States has honored you for that. However, you must understand that Iraq is a different reality than college applications. Offcourse the children in Iraq suffer much more than we do in order to get an education, but that doesn?t mean that we shouldn?t get upset when we don?t get into the college we expected. It is a completely different world in the Middle East, with a different enviornment and laws. You cannot compare. Although you have suffered a lot in Iraq, you can?t expect students to live in a reality that is not theirs.</p>
<p>Excellent post MTGoddess!!! I loved it! Thank you!</p>
<p>Congratulations… life is definitely not easy</p>
<p>This is an inspiring story but i also believe that if you dont fight to become better humans wont get anywhere. Our reactions is what should be diferent. Dont complain for such insignificant problems. Life puts bumps on the way and it is your choice to react in different ways.
Im glad you know how to react, and even better that you shared your ideals and story</p>
<p>i think MtGoddess has too much time on “its” hands : )</p>
<p>"nonsense! It’s their fault they couldn’t get into college and had to join the army! "</p>
<p>YAY someone who knows something!</p>
<p>Why are you calling MIGoddess “Its”. This seems like another example of derogatory, name-calling posts by the supporters of the OP.</p>
<p>Also, this post about Nonsense! was not made by MTGoddess.</p>
<p>Amazing post. :)</p>
<p>my point i’ve tried to make is that if a student was smart then he shouldn’t be FORCED into the military…THIS IS AMERICA… so many oppurtunities and side options besides joining the military. That’s why you’ll BARELY see a smart miltary officer( 4.0+ gpa)… and I also hate people that join the military for the money… I only respect the individiduals that join the military for honor and to defednt he 50 stars of our nation.</p>
<p>Oh, Sorry Firebird. I see what you’re saying. I take my previous post back.</p>
<p>This was such a beautiful and touching post. Thank you for bringing into light what are the real issues in life. It’s sad that this thread has been polluted with so much debate because this thread isn’t about soldiers, the war, or other beliefs. This is about realizing what truly matters in life. Though I may not agree with the war, I do agree with the soldiers and I really appreciate that you took the time to share what happened to you. I wish you the best of luck in your life.</p>
<p>Thank you truly for your safety.</p>
<p>Cat</p>
<p>I didn’t read all 18 pages before this. </p>
<p>Wow, what an excellent post. I was actually just sitting here feeling all upset about my rejection from Stanford (EA). You totally changed my perspective. Thank you. </p>
<p>Still, I’m going to play the devil’s advocate and say that IT IS OKAY TO BE UPSET about these things. What are we if we do not hope and dream? Some kids dream and put all there life into these admissions (haha not me, probably why I got rejected) and there is nothing wrong with being upset when you don’t achieve your dreams. It shows that you had the courage to dream big in the first place.</p>
<p>don’t give up, that was truly an amazing post. of course everyone said it was amazing so you probably don’t need me to say what dozens have said already. i appreciate you sharing your story. hopefully, it will teach everyone in the CC community what is truly important. i know your story has taught me. thanks, and enjoy your new college life!</p>
<p>errr, so what?</p>
<p>dang man this is unbelievable…my dad has a similar story…but he hasn’t told me much about it</p>