Parents don't want me to go...

lostaccount
Tue, 01 Mar 2016 01:52:49 +0000

So I’m a parent and can understand your parents. It isn’t that I would not be proud of my kid but I would be scared. I would rather my kid found another way to serve society. Don’t make up your mind about something so important on the basis of things like speculation that your dad is simply envious. I doubt that to be true. Rather, I’m sure he feels as I would even if he is not expressing that. I guess parents with a dozen kids may feel that they have spare, but I’d be genuinely scared to have my kid serving in the military. I’d be scared that he or she would not be coming home one day. I could not bear it and I’d worry from the day the kid accepted a slot in the school until the day the kid retired from service if I were still around. My hat is off to those parents who encourage their offspring to pursue a military career but I’d hate my own to do so. There are a lot of different ways to serve society and I’d rather a peace loving one then a military one. I am not anti-military and I’m not proud of this view but it is an honest one. If you got into West Point you are probably an outstanding candidate for any school and if I were your parent I’d be on my knees praying you chose a different one.

And if your dad feels this way, I doubt he will express it. It isn’t exactly PC to think or feel this way. it seems anti-American and greedy. So if your dad is a proud sort of person he may not express this but I bet his feelings are similar. There are many ways to serve society. Helping to heal sick people is one such way.