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I think that the san francisco school board had no right to take JROTC out of there school's. the students liked it, It teaches how to be a better citizen, It promotes teamwork and leadership. there school board said they didint want the millitary running there schools and turrning there kids into future killers, JROTC has nothing to do with Violance. two of the members of the school board voted to keep it, but because they were students there vote didint count.

Many things have been phased out of schools, not just ROTC. All shop classes are now unavailable at my high school; the only ROP classes left are the merchandice and interpreter classes. I am not that fussed that ROTC is gone, honestly. The skills that you could learn in ROTC are taught elsewhere, if you think about it. (For specific examples, post and I will explain.)

Being a better citizen - [ironic, because it is a military institution] Look at your role models. Some examples are parents, teachers, and neighbors.

Promotes teamwork - Join any sport or club!

Promotes leadership - Ditto.

Makes kids docile - (why is this good?) If you are talking about channeling anger more effectively, drawing, sports, or talking with friends also works.

If the program was promoting anti-gay and -lesbian activities, then it needed to be stopped.

It dosent promote anti-gay activities in the JROTC batallion im in at least 1/3 of it is gay people, and our 2nd in command is a lesbian.

One of my friends was the commander (shall I say commander? He was the highest rank and he got ot tell people what ot do.) of the NJROTC battalion, before a big re-zone landed him in my school, and he was gay. OR at least bi. I just know he isn't straight.

ANTI-GAY/LESBIAN MESSAGE!? THere have been several schools nearly forcing homosexuality on the students, and one even had them sign a contract not to tell their parents (NO exact source ot cite, I;m not a f*cking dictionary. WND.com had the article).

As to you not supporting the military, might I be allowed to ask why? They risk their lives so you can say that, on a daily basis. They deserve utmost respect, and have earned it. Just liek every other profession, they have assholes, but even the asses have their honor.

And to the "not be exposed to it until they are out of school, fully matured, and ready for that responsibility", that is your personal opinion. I forgot ot add the "I believe" to the begining of that. But I believe that children should be introduced to the world early on, including the military. The Military teaches respect, honor, and how to listen to those above you, for lack of a shorter phrase for it. THe military is not just violence, if that is your reasoning. All branches of the Military have non-violent jobs that provide the soldier with skills that can be used all throughout life, in many applications and other jobs. My Uncle was a technician. He retired, and has since been making computers from scratch. His paycheck is a very nice figure, and it coudl have been six digits if he had the patience to move (yet again. He moved a lot before he retired) to take a job offered to him by IBM. All becasue he chose to be a technician and build radios beofre moving on ot computers.

I have a message for the students who didn't like it... DON'T PARTICIPATE. its that simple, but don't take away someone elses opportunities just because you don't like the options

I'll agree with Jungle Soldier on this one. I can;t play sports, so I get mad. I can't draw (unless you count stick figures), and I don;t draw anyway.MY firends are all pretty much insane, so they would only try and get me to do stupid things if that topic was ever brought up.