Reply #54: Actually, I Believe You and I are Both Right...

[BlueCaliDem]

...that there is a recruiting military presence at more affluent school and college campuses, and I'm glad you added the "...it may not be "huge", but they're here." part because fact is, in the high school our town where my son went, they were in your face and had nearly unlimited, unfettered access to the campus, and the students' time; parking their huge macho, camouflaged dressed tanks right smack in the center of the school with sign-up stands scattered everywhere else so as to avoid any chance of NOT being seen; having JROTC programs as part of the high school curriculum with credits; bringing in crisp uniformed recruiters looking good enough to eat to entice the impressionable senses of tough boys and girls...

In the more affluent city just neighboring our small town, the recruiters are limited in their socializing with students (it is, after all, a place for academics)and the staff work hard to inform parents about their rights regarding your child, and the military recruitment activities, plus they are kept strategically away from that part of the campus where Freshmen, Sophomores, and Juniors tread.

Funny also, that the majority of the school's faculty of this more affluent high school, are liberals, while in our town, the majority are "conservatives".

Hmm...