And those cadets who aren't on scholarship who are taking similar course loads, doing the same ROTC work as well as having part time jobs??? The same expenses exist. It's the fact that people are complaining about what is essentially free money. Scholarship cadets are being paid for doing the same things non scholarship cadets do. I was also rubbed the wrong way by the reactions when all contracted cadets in my class found out stipends were being lowered. Why are we complaining about getting less money when that's still 250-400 more dollars than a lot of other cadets are getting every month. That is why I also don't like your job analogy. At a job everyone is being paid, and if not you don't complain in front of the volunteers who wish they were on payroll!
If actual scholarship awards were being changed I could see the issue but this is stipend. I personally think it is foolish to budget for a paycheck you haven't received. I am tired of hearing scholarship cadets complain about this outside of the scholarship cadet community. You're rubbing the fact that you even get this free money in non scholarship cadets faces and you're being ungrateful. JMPO
To be honest, I'm not sure what your complaining about, or if you even read my post correctly.
My post was about Non Scholarship Cadets, that was my point, these cadets don't have the luxury of having tuition paid for. eventually all cadets whether they are scholarship or not will receive a stipend, money that these non scholarship cadets will use for expenses the scholarship cadets don't have.
You can "Not" like my job analogy if you like, the problem is you don't understand what I was saying. I was talking about students that have "Jobs", the ones that need those jobs to help pay for school, not volunteers.
Not exactly sure where I was sounding ungrateful.
And "Foolish" to complain about a paycheck you haven't received?? They are receiving a paycheck, again not really sure what your talking about. You might also want to complain to the AFA, cadets there get paid a lot more then the stipend for ROTC, and their school is completely paid for.
If I was a scholarship cadet would I be upset if the stipend was cut, sure, it was advertised at a certain rate and then cut once enrolled, would I get over it, sure. If I was a non scholarship cadet would I grumble because someone who earned a scholarship gripped a bit over the stipend being cut...again no.
And what the heck is the "Scholarship Community" Does your Det. divide you into groups, sad if they do.
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