Thanks for your article, Carey. I agree entirely with you and as an educator think there's also a connection to violent video games such as Call of Duty. Perhaps, a planned way to socialize our youth? Might not appear to be an issue or related to some, but there are so many more students today who when asked what they're going to do when they grow up state that they're going into some branch of military service. Several years ago, a woman I considered sort of extreme in her thinking told me she thought this would be the future--jobs become more scarce, education costs more than one can expect to earn and military and policing jobs continue to be well funded when others struggle to stay alive. Complex, but the way I see it, if you're growing up in this system (especially low-income schools) you experience a lot of people telling you serving your country is noble, it is a career when there are few other options and you've already been desensitized through hours of killing via x-box.
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