FiddleSticks
5-Year Member
- Joined
- Aug 9, 2018
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- 47
I echo Raimius. Have something to run to. It doesn't sound like you do. Were you active in your school government in high school? Did you do an internship with your local county commissioner, state representative, state senator? This is where politics starts. It doesn't start by running for President or even running for a spot in the U.S. House of Representatives. It is hard work that takes years of dedication and commitment. If you can't focus now on just your course work and maintain in the other areas, then how are you going to do this somewhere else? If you can't find someone at the Academy that you can get along with, then how are you going to get along with constituents that have a thousand different concerns? If you can't find a club that suits your interests (debate comes to mind) then how will you do this somewhere else? You may just be the type of person that needs to experience something to really know what it is like. However, what if it takes four different attempts before you find the right thing. That's probably five years. USAFA gives you the opportunity to see a whole world beyond your wildest expectations. That occurs through your course work, summer programs, etc. There are faculty members that have been on the Council of Economic Advisers and others that have interned at the Supreme Court. Many have been in key policy positions, and of course there are the General Officers that have commanded in war. It seems to me that you are not taking advantage of all the opportunities that are afforded to you. If you really want to be a politician, my advice is to give it two years and give it all you have. Study the leaders that have gone before. Read their biographies, consult those who have been in the positions that I talk about. IF on the other hand, you must learn through experience, then quit now. Don't spend a day more being miserable and probably making all those around you miserable. But, and this is a big but--you had better be going toward something or you will spend a lot of wasted time in wilderness finding yourself.
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