Joining the Military After Graduating: Should I Care About High School?

School is definitely a long, grueling process for everyone who goes through it. You're going to be challenged on a day to day basis, or at least you should. Many people go through school taking the hardest classes available, getting the best GPA possible to maintain their grades and reputation, just so that they can get into a really good college in the future. They want to do the best possible so they can get into the best college possible, and get their life started in the best way possible.

However, some people aren't interested in getting into college. Of course there are some that aren't interested in doing anything at all in life, but others are joining the military. If you're going into the military, you have no need for college. Since the military offers all of its enlistees free college while enlisted, why worry about grades and courses taken in high school?

For your future! You go to school for a reason, to learn. You're not going to school JUST to get into a better college. Everything you learn in high school can and will be applied to every day life. There's no point in wasting the time you have to spend in high school anyways, since you're going to have to be there learning is the best way to make use of the time!

You might just assume that since you're going into the military, your grades are no longer important so long as you stay completely out of trouble and maintain the requirements of the military branch you're looking forward to going into. Well you've thought wrong! In fact, when you go to choose your job for just about any branch of the military, your attendance and grades in school are going to play quite a big role. To meet the requirements for any job in any branch of the military, you'll have to go to school, college essentially. Grades give an accurate representation to your career officer of exactly what you're capable of.

If you're someone who got good grades, took relevant courses in high school, and had excellent attendance in high school, you're way more likely to get a huge sign on bonus and a much better paying job in any of the branches of service. This is going to give you more immediate money, as well as more money in your salary at the end of each month! So why slack off in high school and be the little guy there making next to nothing doing a horrible, or life threatening job? The military needs educated recruits; be that person! Fulfill a really hard job, make more money, and have the time of your life, as well as LIVE!

Now, the guy who doesn't pay attention in high school, failed the majority of his classes but still passed, and missed school once a week. This guy isn't going to get a good job for anything. He'll be lucky if he even meets the requirements of the grunt-work jobs. He's more than likely going to be shipped off out to the front lines fighting in wars against foreign nations. If he lives, he's still not going to get nearly as much money, respect, or honor as someone who received a higher performance job for being so higher educated.

So while you're in high school, take classes relative to the job you're interested in upholding. If you do, it'll become much easier for you to make it through school for that career, as well as look awesome when your job officer checks out your transcript. Keep your GPA up there, and you'll do fine on the ASVABs. Stay in school, keep those grades up, and do your best and you'll be making more than anyone in the military, as well as be safe and happy!