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Military Schools Vs Military School

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An education is a priceless gift a parent could give their child. How parents give their child an education is even more important, some choose the public-school system, some choose elite private schools or the toughest if the bunch send their children to military schools. Military schools could be extremely beneficial or detrimental to a child’s mental and physical state. But one thing is for certain, military school changes everyone who attends.
Military Schools are often use to punish and correct the behavior of unruly children. These schools normally straighten children out but they do it by changing the way students think. Military schools instill a discipline into everyday life. “Discipline creates order, order creates results”. Discipline may be seen as a form of punishment but there are good and bad forms of discipline. Military schools use forms of …show more content…

Discipline teaches kids basic skills they will use for the rest of their lives, especially if they continue into the military. “Military Schools are very structured schools”. Military Schools can change the way students go about everyday activities because every bit of the day is planned out for the students. This can be a change from what some students experience before they come to a military school. Changing from no structure to structure is hard but it will change the student’s lives forever. In the book, The Other Wes Moore, Wes’ mother sends him to military school in hopes of keeping him out of drugs and crime and give him the opportunity to excel in school. He later comments “Do you think

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