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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I dont' know what JROTC has to do with St. Johns but my kid goes to a FCPS high school and is JRTOC.  It's been fabulous.  It's like Boy Scouts in school.  They teach and demonstrate leadership, service, education, personal responsibility and fitness.  It's done a lot for him.  The instructors are 2 retired military men.  They have been very clear there absolutely no expectation of kids joining the military.  But, if kids are interested (whether they're in JROTC or not) they are happy to guide them through the process. [/quote]

Try not to sound so dimewitted, PP.  The poster was trying to direct the OP to the St. John's College HS JROTC program, established by the US Congress in 1915, is one of the nation's original JROTC programs and the oldest leadership program in the country.   So, it's doubtful the FCPS program is anything close.[/quote]

LOL!  I'm going to post this thread on the "Things That People Say That Make Them Sound Pretentious" thread!  It's a perfect example of pretention to assume that someone posting in the Tweens and Teens forum about JROTC would know that when you mention 'St. Johns' that you're talking about an obscure private high school in DC.  Never heard of St. John's College HS or their JROTC program - and DH and I grew up here!

I'm surprised that you don't know just because something is 'original' and/or 'old' doesn't make it great or better.  If you knew anything about JROTC, you'd know there's a curriculum - whatever St. Johns offers can't be much different than what is offered in FCPS especially since the FCPS instructors are active duty/retired military personnel. The military likes uniformity, you know.  Or, maybe you don't since you clearly aren't in a military family and you shared none of your experience with JROTC.

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You sound super defensive.  Why did you have to diss SJC?  Maybe the OP is in DC and not willing to schlep all the way to VA.  Tons of would be Wilson students flocking to SJC.    And to say you know nothing about the oldest JROTC program in the country (as a JROTC parent) clearly shows your small world mentality.  Signed a private school parent in DC (but not SJC)  https://www.stjohnschs.org/page
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