I know what you mean by getting behind. I learned Spanish serving a church mission for two years. I had nothing of computers (in the Dominican Republic), and I came back knowing nothing. So, I've done plenty of homework this time to make sure joining the Guard is as 'worth it' as the mission was. Thanks for the tip and thanks for serving.
I know Spanish fluently (from living there and later academic study). I've taken a Linguistics course (which is the _coolest_ University course I've taken to date) and I passed the Defense Language Aptitude Battery with a 124 (that's pretty good; chinese and other cat 4 languages require 100). This is something I know I have an ability for, so I look at it like "they're going to pay me to play GI Joe and learn a third language... cool!"
Just joined the Army National Guard, going to be a Chinese Linguist/Interrogator. Training is two years long, so I'll be doing CS stuff from a dorm room for a while. Looking forward to leaving college and "fixing other people's computer" behind for a while...
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To the OP: please contact me, I am in a similar situation, have some ideas, would like to chat.
jacobmarbleatgmaildotcom
I know what you mean by getting behind. I learned Spanish serving a church mission for two years. I had nothing of computers (in the Dominican Republic), and I came back knowing nothing. So, I've done plenty of homework this time to make sure joining the Guard is as 'worth it' as the mission was.
Thanks for the tip and thanks for serving.
I know Spanish fluently (from living there and later academic study). I've taken a Linguistics course (which is the _coolest_ University course I've taken to date) and I passed the Defense Language Aptitude Battery with a 124 (that's pretty good; chinese and other cat 4 languages require 100). This is something I know I have an ability for, so I look at it like "they're going to pay me to play GI Joe and learn a third language... cool!"
Just joined the Army National Guard, going to be a Chinese Linguist/Interrogator. Training is two years long, so I'll be doing CS stuff from a dorm room for a while. Looking forward to leaving college and "fixing other people's computer" behind for a while...