What you study in Junior ROTC won't be found in any textbook. It won't be studied by any other students or in any other schools. It hasn't been taught before. It won't be taught again. Because the subject of JROTC is: YOU. JROTC is all about you. You are it's whole point. It's devoted to your growth, both as a student and as a person.
JROTC prepares you for life. NOT for the military.
Junior ROTC is a high school course given during regular school hours but includes many out-of-classroom activities. We cover the basics in history, government, technology awareness, and current events. But we also teach leadership skills (like how to motivate others) and personal skills (how to study, take tests, interview for jobs). And we offer extracurricular activities like drill team and color guard. You might even have a chance to go to a JROTC summer camp where you'll train on confidence courses, play team sports, and learn land navigation and water safety techniques.
No JROTC cadet is under any obligation to join the military. Our interest is simply to give you an opportunity to develop and improve yourself in ways schools generally don't offer. We aren't promoting the military lifestyle. But we do use military skills to teach self-discipline, confidence and pride in a job well done.
It's not taught like a regular class.
JROTC helps our students develop a combination of skills, knowledge and inner strengths. So we don't teach the way other courses do. In fact, much of our teaching isn't teaching at all. It's training. We train you for leadership by having you lead. We train you to be physically confident by running you through a difficult obstacle course. We train you in teamwork by having you solve problems as a member of a group. We train you to take pride in your physical appearance by showing you how to wear a uniform properly. We train you to teach by asking you to put together a lesson plan and assist in teaching a class. You get the idea. But behind this idea there's another idea. All the ways we train you add up to this: we train you to succeed. We train you to be good at the things you need to be good at- in school and in life.
Good idea, isn't it?
JROTC training isn't easy-nothing worth while is-but the effort you put into mastering leadership techniques and developing personal skills pays off in a big way. It pays by giving you the quiet confidence that comes from knowing what you're capable of. And the character to do what it takes to accomplish your goals. JROTC offers our cadets guidelines for proper behavior. But we don't watch over you 24 hours a day to make sure you follow them. You follow them because you want to. Even when no one is watching.
That's character.
JROTC teaches a subject you usually don't study in school.
Reality.
Being able to take what you learn in class and use it in the real world. So when we teach you effective speaking, we don't stop with theory. You write a speech, then stand up and deliver it. (Sounds scary, but your classmates are there for support.) We don't give you lectures about doing your homework. We show you exactly how to study, how to take useful lecture notes, and how to take tests. You know it's working when your grades go up. We offer you Adventure Training in summer camp so you can put what you've learned about map reading and land navigation to use. We talk a lot about leadership. But eventually we shut up and give you a chance to show us-and yourself-how it's done. Doing it, not just reading about it-that's earning what you learn.
It's like playing on a winning team.
Team spirit. That's the feeling in JROTC. All the members work together toward the same goals. Willing to give you a friendly push when you need it or a pat on the back when you deserve it. Expecting the same from you. Because when one team member does it right, the whole team wins. And vice-versa. Besides, everybody can use a little support. It's a different kind of peer pressure.
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