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America's Army As a High School Education Platform?
GamePolitics reports on a recent press release from the US Army which says they will be partnering with various military, education, and non-profit organizations to bring an education curriculum to high school students via America's Army. Quoting the press release:
"The partnership ... will incorporate Army technology, gaming and simulation resources to enhance student achievement in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics. The platform for the new curriculum is the America's Army PC game, a free online game that provides civilians with a virtual role in the US Army by introducing them to Army technologies, Rules of Engagement, training and missions. Used as a communications tool, the game has also been adapted for use within the military to produce effective and engaging virtual environments that enhance Soldier training in a number of areas including force protection, convoy survivability and nuclear, chemical and biological detection."
When the military is actually involved in the non-ROTC curriculum of high schools, my children will be pulled from said schools. Period.
Currently, ROTC is elective. I suspect that this is the first step in a grade school-level indoctrination, solely for the purpose of hooking our children into the military. Now when it becomes REQUIRED, then all suspicions are off the table and they have become fact.
Regardless of the content, even if it IS simply to get more students into fields that the military needs, the military has NO business in the education system outside of their own institutions. I already spend a lot of time trying to explain/counter the propaganda foisted off on my children through the media.
I will NOT have my children indoctrinated by the military as part of their (REQUIRED BY LAW) education. If it becomes a requirement, then my family will be looking for ways in which to LEAVE this country. As is, I am already totally fucking embarrassed to be an American.