Ohioparent, you can choose how you want to parent. But you are on a public forum and people are going to offer all kinds of advice, wanted or not. Just how it works. I would recommend everyone stop the insults both ways. Keep calling people inappropriate words, insulting their reading comprehension or critical thinking skills you will be banned from this site. Its inappropriate. Everyone is free to choose how they want to parent, whether we agree with it or not and its within legal limits. I would also recommend you do not disparage someone else's child on their service. It's clear you do not understand how the military promotion system works, because Devil Doc's son will NEVER work for you daughter in the military. One does not do well and then magically go from 2ndLt to Major. The military is very time in grade driven. You can be the number one officer in your grade and there is no skipping grades or being promoted 5 years ahead of peers. It gets more blurred at Colonel and above to promotions and speed, but that takes 20+ years for that to occur. So I would back off that attack.
It is clear you do not understand the intent of this forum, how Service Academies work or the military in general operates. Its fine to seek answers, what people come here to do. A few things... although you are writing in a forum for prep schools, the over all forums intent is for young men and women seeking advice on seeking military commissions through OCS, SAs and ROTC programs. With that, prep schools serve a purpose for candidates who apply and don't get in to their desired program or who receive AOG, Falcon or Foundation scholarships. We really do not view them from a perspective as a high school experience, more as a year of post high school prep for those who want to reapply to a SA. So advice on this forum for what you are looking for will be sparse as the intent of the forum does not really match with the information you are seeking. Prep schools on this forum are just viewed from a different lens. If going this path for your daughter I would recommend you visit those schools as they are a costly investment and to get a feel for them.
As to her attending a SA in the future, this has to be something she wants. You will not be the one getting yelled, agreeing to support and defend the Constitution or leading young men and women who deserve to have an officer who wants to be there. As someone who has taken this path and lived this life... someone will not make it unless its their decision to attend. I recognize that you put 'IF' she develops this goal. A military boarding school honestly will not set her up for this any more than a regular high school except exposure to a sort of military environment, which could be great or a total misfire. Each SA has an admissions page for prospective students on recommended courses, athletics, volunteering, etc. Each SA has a class profile that you can see and compare. Bottom line, its about grades in tough courses, being well rounded and test scores, not what school they attend.
. She’s not going to be sent against her will. I think we have reading comprehension problems in our nation as well as a lack of critical thinking skills. Where did I say she would go whether she wanted to or not? Read it again. Then again. Again, afraid for our nation here. I am not “hoping” for anything. I am planning and researching to decide what is best for my child and asked advice about that. “Form of hell” is being disciplined? What universe am I in?
