Path for this kid
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Anonymous
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I know this is early, but I think I have kind of unique situation on my hands.
Kid is currently in 8th grade, strong student, but struggled during virtual learning and had to repeat Algebra which he is doing perfectly this year. He is highly social and extroverted. Good test scores. Very good writer. He’s on year round swim team. In spare time bikes around and organizes pickup basketball and kickball games with school friends. He really wants to do JROTC but I don’t know how common this is among presumably strong college bound kids. Possible future legacy hire at fed agency of one parent. Is there a career or college route I should be thinking about? |
Anonymous
| Wtf is a legacy hire at a federal agency? And no, you don't need to think about a college or career route for him. He can choose. If he wants ROTC after JROTC, he should pick a place that offers it. |
Anonymous
| What’s the unique situation? |
Anonymous
| Really, calm down. Don't even think about college until your child is a sophomore in high school. Don't mention it, don't talk about it, don't do anything at all about college!! Just don't!! Let your kid have a normal life and be a kid. Childhood is so short! Give him a few years of freedom from adult stress! |
Anonymous
| I’m asking because nobody helped me with this when I was growing up. I had to figure everything out for myself, struggled for years, but now I work with people who came from families who understood these kids of things and the path was obviously a lot easier for them. I want the better path for him. |
Anonymous
| Which fed agency still has legacy hires? CIA? |
Anonymous
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OP, you are deranged.
As insane as DCUM is, I don't think I ever seen anyone post on the college board about an 8th grader. Ever. You are going to ruin your child forever if you don't step back. Now. |
Anonymous
Pretty sure most of the parents posting on here had their kids’ college picked out by 8th grade and a plan already in place to pursue. Don’t deny it |
Anonymous
Having been there myself, I am going to extend grace to OP, who may not completely understand how her post came off. Don't worry about what your DC is doing right now - sounds like he has gotten back on track and has some keen interests. He should keep at it as there will come a moment when he will have less time for them. Read some books on college admissions - ones that are more general in nature, not ones targeting kids for Ivy admissions, in order for you to get a sense of the process. IDK anything about JROTC, but I am sure there are sites where you can read about it. I am less aware of ROTC programs at SLACS and more likely at larger schools. Know a few folks who went to college that way - allowed them to attend an Ivy when their parents' HHI covered instate flagship tuition. Or course it is has been a lot different over the last 20 years with the US fighting two wars. The ROTC of the 70s/80s/90s is not the one of the past two decades where commissioned officers were in war zones. Sadly the Bush admin effectively gutted interest in ROTC by mismanaging one war and needlessly getting us into another - the officer corps is not as diverse as it once was, something our allies find troubling. OP, take deep breaths, do some general reading, and GL to your DC! |
Anonymous
| OP your kid sounds awesome. But nothing you’ve provided would help us to help you… If you said he was an off the charts Math genius, or totally into AI Robotics, or has self taught 3 languages, or volunteers at his local Vet clinic and loves it, we might be able to start suggesting a path for you to consider. But right now he just seems like a friendly, fairly smart (not outstanding by DCUM standards) kid, who has lots of athletic interests (but isn’t going to get recruited for anything). Wait until he takes the PSAT and that will help you start narrowing options in 10th grade. |
Anonymous
“Legacy hire” - strange word for nepotism. I know one higher up manager who neglected her son knowing he’ll be a fed “legacy hire”. The kid had trouble getting a GED. Sure enough, he was became a “legacy hire.“ Most fed jobs do have a standard, however. The kid washed out of the original gs 7/12 position and was lucky to become a gs 5/7 technician. More than 10 yrs later, he’s still a 5/7 technician. |
Anonymous
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Fed legacy hire?
What division? Good luck getting his applications even sorted past the priority hires (veteran, minority, and disability). My husband has been a contractor for the same agency for 15 years and they want to hire him on as a direct employee. His superior has rewritten the job posting four times now to make it more specific to only suit his skills and experience with this specific agency, and he keeps pulling the listing because my husband’s application never makes it in past the priority hires. |
Anonymous
+1 That just made me laugh! 
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Anonymous
No. |
Anonymous
| Wouldn’t be DCUM to throw in some “legacy hire” kind of thing into the OP to throw people off. |