Comments on: Hidden intent. http://tranln.edublogs.org/2008/02/06/hidden-intent/ Just another Edublogs.org weblog Wed, 16 Apr 2008 20:35:57 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.2 hourly 1 By: If You Can’t Say Anything Nice… Share It With The World | Those who live with us are our brothers. http://tranln.edublogs.org/2008/02/06/hidden-intent/comment-page-1/#comment-11 If You Can’t Say Anything Nice… Share It With The World | Those who live with us are our brothers. Wed, 16 Apr 2008 20:35:57 +0000 http://tranln.edublogs.org/2008/02/06/hidden-intent/#comment-11 [...] Loi [...] [...] Loi [...]

]]> By: Gavin http://tranln.edublogs.org/2008/02/06/hidden-intent/comment-page-1/#comment-4 Gavin Fri, 11 Apr 2008 04:08:26 +0000 http://tranln.edublogs.org/2008/02/06/hidden-intent/#comment-4 I also once seriously contemplated joining the armed forces. I decided not to in the end, but since then I have become committed to joining the Coast Guard after I am done attending college (still unsure if I want to go to grad school). I believe that every man, and possibly woman, at some point in time gives some amount of serious thought to joining the armed services. We’ve all become so ingrained with the idea of signing up for it because we all find ourselves tempted by the idea that joining guarantees some form of self improvement in some way or another. By in large this is probably true for most of the individuals who join (that the military changes them and helps them find what they are looking for), but I think it is also a statement to the fact that there are plenty more people that don’t join and still end up having the same self-improvement occur in their life. Is it a sense of patriotism, adventure, or even finances that motivate people to join the armed forces? Who knows. All I know is that I will be joining for my own reasons that seem valid to me. In the words of U2, “I still haven’t found what I’m looking for”, and even though I think that joining the Coast Guard won’t find the end for me, I think it will help me get there. I also once seriously contemplated joining the armed forces. I decided not to in the end, but since then I have become committed to joining the Coast Guard after I am done attending college (still unsure if I want to go to grad school). I believe that every man, and possibly woman, at some point in time gives some amount of serious thought to joining the armed services. We’ve all become so ingrained with the idea of signing up for it because we all find ourselves tempted by the idea that joining guarantees some form of self improvement in some way or another.

By in large this is probably true for most of the individuals who join (that the military changes them and helps them find what they are looking for), but I think it is also a statement to the fact that there are plenty more people that don’t join and still end up having the same self-improvement occur in their life.

Is it a sense of patriotism, adventure, or even finances that motivate people to join the armed forces? Who knows. All I know is that I will be joining for my own reasons that seem valid to me. In the words of U2, “I still haven’t found what I’m looking for”, and even though I think that joining the Coast Guard won’t find the end for me, I think it will help me get there.

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