On Tue, Mar 06, 2007 at 12:46:02PM -1000, Al Eridani wrote: > On 2/27/07, Roberto C. Sanchez <roberto@connexer.com> wrote: > >On Wed, Feb 28, 2007 at 08:55:28AM +0100, Dan H. wrote: > >> > >> I think in any society, no matter in what system, it's always the stupid > >> and poor that end up in the military, at least in those ranks that > >> actually have to do the dirty work and risk their lives. > >> > >Please stop perpetuating this myth. It only makes *you* look stupid. > > It's no myth. Educated people in general don't want to be in the military, > they'd rather attend classes at the university. It's the same in the US and > in > Europe. > > >I gave a very thorough example [0] using the U.S. Air Force, to show that > >both officer and enlisted personnel are on average *far* more educated > >than the average American. > > That's only means, if true, that the U.S. Air Force does not idiotize its > personnel, that it educates them a little more in comparison to those that > do not go there. It says nothing about how educated those people were when > they enlisted. > you did not follow that thread through properly as the reality is that the US military *requires* highschool diploma or better for all recruits except for a very small percentage who are allowed through because of other qualifying factors. This essentially forces the military to have a higher educational level than the population as a whole. What I'm curious about is how military recruits compare long-term educationally to the general population of high-school graduates. That would be a telling number, but I'm too lazy to look it up. A
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