Wanna play Guitar Hero at school? Sign this!
The teens came home from school today right at 2:38pm on the dot again.
How they time it so perfectly everyday, I have absolutely no idea.
But anyway, they come through the door, and Mark says "Mom! Listen to this!"
He nudges Sebastian who says to me, "Mom, check this out!"
He hands me the form you see below.
Yes, that is a U.S. Army recruitment form.
He says that at school today, the U.S. Army was there, they had an xbox 360 all set up, the whole Guitar Hero World Tour kit, the full band, drums, guitar, mic, and it was hooked up to a really nice LCD tv.
They were asking the young male students if they wanted to play, and of course Sebastian wants to play, he loves that game, so he walked over and said he'd like to play, that he's pretty good at it.
One of the recruiters handed him this form, I actually have this at my house, and he tells Sebastian that all he has to do if he wants to play GH AT school one day a week for the rest of the year, that all he has to do is write in his phone number and sign the form, don't read it, just put his phone number down and sign it, they'll fill out the rest later on when they call him at home.
Sebastian, knowing how I feel about the military recruiting at high schools, told the guy he's not allowed to sign anything without his mother being present.
The guy said "You don't need your mother to know what this is about, it's just to play Guitar Hero at school."
Sebastian said "No, I do need my mom to know what this is about because I'm not 18, I'm only 15, and not allowed to sign things like this without her knowing. I'll take it home, she can look at it, and if she says I can, I'll bring it back tomorrow."
The form even says that you have to be 17, and here they are, handing this out to all students, not asking them their ages, and getting kids to sign up to be recruited by allowing them to play GH at school for the rest of the year.
What the hell is this?!
I totally disagree with these kinds of recruitment tactics at school, I hate it that they are allowed to recruit at school, but this is pretty freaking sneaky.
If students sign up to be recruited, they get to play GH 1 day a week for the rest of the school year.
That's just wrong.
Comments
That's disgusting! Sebastian is a very smart kid! :)
Posted by: Tina | February 7, 2009 3:08 AM
That is skeevy. I'm glad that he was smart enough not to sign it.
I suspect they do similar, very heavy recruiting at the high school here. Within about two blocks of the high school, there are recruitment offices for just about every branch of the military you can think of. I'm sure that this is no accident. I agree that these kids are too young to be making such serious decisions, especially ones that involve the possibility of going to war and getting killed. Damned straight parents have the right to know what's going on, when their kids are underaged.
Skeevy tactics.
Posted by: Christine | February 7, 2009 2:02 PM
I served three years in the ARMY.
I find this to be a sneaky, underhanded tactic ! Shame on the Army, shame on the recruiter who tried to pull such a trick. Shame on the school for allowing this shit to occur.
Posted by: mac | February 7, 2009 6:59 PM
What a load of sneaky shit.
Posted by: Chickie | February 7, 2009 11:22 PM