How important is having a clean room in high school?

[Tucker2023]

Ha! One of DS room mates at USMC TBS (first officer school for Marines) was an Annapolis grad. Sloppiest kid my son ever encountered, and if you knew my son that would be saying something. If 4 years couldn't do it I doubt the Falcon Visit Experience will do it.

Oh I hear you. I'm not suggesting the visit creates a permanent change, I'm just hoping that it motivates him to clean it again. Just once. lol Kinda like NASS did. It was nice to not have a quarter load of dishes lost in his room.

 

[pleber16]

Had a messy room in high school. Now after 4 years at the academy I have a messy room at flight school.


The state of your room in high school has no correlation to your potential performance at the academy.

That was my first thought when I saw this thread. Plebe year you’ve got upper class coming into your room every day, it’ll be clean. After plebe year, my room was spotless for Alphas, presentable during the week, and a bit messy on weekends.

I graduated 2 1/2 years ago and my room is clean sanitary wise but usually pretty messy. I’ve made it this far.

 

[justdoit19]

...I’m just a mom. Standing in his room. Wondering where the cups and spoons are....

That was my FB status that popped up in my memories [emoji23]

He left in June. Never found the spoons BTW.

 

[bopper]

You want to go to USNA. You would do anything to get in, right??

So start cleaning your room so your mom will take you for a visit. Think of it as a job...I do this job and then I get a visit.
I imagine some of this is her judging how much you want this...if you don't show you are able/wanting to do this, how much do you want USNA? Why should she take you for a visit?

And also as an above poster said..is she scared of you joining the military?

 

[MoSwimmer66]

Clean your room! From fellow Mom!

 

[emwvmi01]

Wrong question to ask. Of course the cleanliness of a high schooler's room has little correlation to their propensity for success in a military environment. What probably does though is their willingness to comply with lawful authority. In other words, your housing and income provider is asking for something fairly simple and if you are an aspiring officer in the military then figure out how to balance your time to accomplish that plus meet your academic goals and the extracurricular activities which will make you attractive to a service academy or ROTC program. If you want mom on your side meet her halfway and get to cleaning.