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Originally Posted by Trapper John
...Jonathan Swift. Sometimes I think Box is his reincarnation.  |
That's pretty cool! I hadn't thought about that but it fits.
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Originally Posted by GratefulCitizen
To what degree can boys be targeted, from a young age, to prepare for a future (short or long term) in the military?
The best time to plant those seeds is when the boys are 11-13 years old.
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In what way is "physical education" conducted nowadays in those age groups? For many of us at that time (end of elementary school, early Jr. High) there was a martial aspect to it. Not overly but it was there; looking the same, lining up in a formation of sorts, being "assigned" to teams for something and then having to work together whether you really knew each other or not. (And no girls with their bumpy distractions and mood swings.) Only things that couldn't be solved by bandaid & mercurochrome in the gym teachers "office" went to the nurse. Not being wistful, just asking. I guess I'd better debrief youngest grandson on this.