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Jarhead713

Jarhead713

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Hi, just found out I was accepted to Tennessee's Boy's State today (yay!) are there any tips or advice that anyone can offer? My school hasn't offered a TON of information on the program.
 
Jarhead713 said:
Hi, just found out I was accepted to Tennessee's Boy's State today (yay!) are there any tips or advice that anyone can offer? My school hasn't offered a TON of information on the program.
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Hi,
This is not necessarily an answer to your question, but rather a comment. I was accepted to the Michigan Boys State back in February, and it has amazed me how little publicity the program gets from schools. Anyways, best of luck to you!
 
WD1 said:
Jarhead713 said:
Hi, just found out I was accepted to Tennessee's Boy's State today (yay!) are there any tips or advice that anyone can offer? My school hasn't offered a TON of information on the program.
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Hi,
This is not necessarily an answer to your question, but rather a comment. I was accepted to the Michigan Boys State back in February, and it has amazed me how little publicity the program gets from schools. Anyways, best of luck to you!
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I got a call from the county American Legion rep. Wanted to know why my son wasn’t going.

I said we applied! He said the school doesn’t follow through and submit their crap.

I rushed to his house and met with him. We got it done.

The whole school thing bothers me.
 
Year in, year out, the boys who seem to get the most out of Boys State are the ones who PARTICIPATE as opposed to hanging back and watching. Get involved in the campaigns at the start and run for offices. Even if you lose an early election, it may set you up for success later in the week when the more important elections happen.
 
From my personal experience as someone who went last year and won a state office election: posters are fine, but a lot of people after the county level won't see them or will ignore them. The biggest thing that helped people win the larger elections where they didn't know all the voters was being different in their speech. For my party's statewide caucus, the kids who made speeches that were different always won, even if they didn't say as good of things as the competitors. Everyone talked about being in NHS, Student Council, Sports, and if they really felt adventorous, they would tell a bad joke. And don't talk about how you won't talk about those things, because that becomes overused as well. Try and connect as a person to the other boys, not something that isn't an individual.
 
A1Janitor said:
The whole school thing bothers me.
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Yeah just for reference, 4 students from my class got nominations from our MOC, and our school posted a picture of it on the school's website with the caption

"Students (xyz) received 4 letters of recommendation for the Naval Academy today!"

Letters of recommendation > Congressional nominations that give legal authority to admit prospective students to service academies.

My school's a little behind the 8-ball when it comes to SAs.
 
Echoing what OldRetSWO said, GET INVOLVED! I was lucky enough to participate in both boys state and boys nation, and the people who got the most out of both were the people who were constantly participating and reaching out to those around them. I can't really offer specific advice both because each boys state program functions differently, and each year will be different, but just have fun and put yourself out there.
 
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