Military versus civilian public schools

I grew up in the 50s and early 60s on US Air Force bases. I received an outstanding education in schools on those bases. But my parents divorced after my 6th grade, and we moved to the small town (32K) next door in upper-Midwestern America. The combined population of base and town was enough to have use for a college and an auditorium, gratefully sponsored by the USAF. But after we moved, I knew right away that I was different, and that I didn't know anything about how those people lived. I'd been to four different schools on three different bases all over the country by then, and moving was nothing but fun for me, until I realized that, this time, I'd moved into a different world.

I understand that Christianity, or some form of it, is very important to many in the officer corps, since I left that world. I can understand. You've got to find some way to deal with knowing that you, personally, could be called on to kill millions of people. I often wonder if there might be better ways. But I learned about duty in my early years, and it's very important to me. I learned how to protest war in the town, and that's important to me, too.

What are the differences in what is being taught in military versus civilian public schools?

Submitted September 03, 2022 at 01:19PM by EveningStarNM https://ift.tt/RrZskjm