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Mere2033

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Does anyone have a familiarity with the RORC Ranger team? My MS3 DS was asked to join the team but he’s worried about the heavy academic load he’s carrying. Any ideas?
 
Mere2033 said:
Does anyone have a familiarity with the RORC Ranger team? My MS3 DS was asked to join the team but he’s worried about the heavy academic load he’s carrying. Any ideas?
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There is usually a Ranger team leader that DS can reach out to for any questions.
 
I'm an MS1 who's been doing it for 4 weeks now, while it is alot balancing waking up so early and getting all my classwork done, I find it extremely rewarding and so long as you put in the work and don't get complacent, it's very doable.
 
Jacobko75 said:
I'm an MS1 who's been doing it for 4 weeks now, while it is alot balancing waking up so early and getting all my classwork done, I find it extremely rewarding and so long as you put in the work and don't get complacent, it's very doable.
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My DS is a few weeks in now. He has been enjoying it so far. Yesterday was first I heard any stress from him.
His Land Nav lab was pushed an hour later so it was light outside, this over ran his Bio class so he had too coordinate with professor a late arrival he has Chemistry lab in evening and 5 mile run for Ranger Challenge team on same day as volleyball tryout.....I told him no one said Rotc Cadet/Pre Med would be easy....lol.
 
gooseblitz said:
My DS is a few weeks in now. He has been enjoying it so far. Yesterday was first I heard any stress from him.
His Land Nav lab was pushed an hour later so it was light outside, this over ran his Bio class so he had too coordinate with professor a late arrival he has Chemistry lab in evening and 5 mile run for Ranger Challenge team on same day as volleyball tryout.....I told him no one said Rotc Cadet/Pre Med would be easy....lol.
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I think that’s what my DS fears. He had his contracting ceremony yesterday, had some kind of drill after, Was hit in the head by a green baret’s boot during this drill and ended up in the medical clinic with a mild concussion. In the meantime he was late for his class that he really can’t miss. That too was the first time I saw the stress in his FaceTime call. The year is just starting!
 
Mere2033 said:
I think that’s what my DS fears. He had his contracting ceremony yesterday, had some kind of drill after, Was hit in the head by a green baret’s boot during this drill and ended up in the medical clinic with a mild concussion. In the meantime he was late for his class that he really can’t miss. That too was the first time I saw the stress in his FaceTime call. The year is just starting!
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Hoping your DS is OK and recovers quick! The life experience of actually scheduling and performing is invaluable. I am a member of "parents forum" on facebook for my DS' univ/freshman class and the topics and content from some of the parents is eye opening what parents think their freshman can't handle. My DS was his positive enthusiastic self the following day (yesterday) and sending me scenic photos of Miramar after his next Land Nav at 6AM. They bounce back fast. He looks like a fit, squared away young man already in our facetimes and is mil-speaking me so much I have to ask him explain acronyms daily lol. I'm sure the structure can be eye opening and takes some getting used to but so far so good.
 
@Mere2033 hope your DS is back to normal quickly. I'm sure that was an isolated incident. My DS is an MS III and is one of the leaders of his Ranger Challenge team. This year seems so much better for him than the previous two without Covid issues and he had some personal injury issues that were hard to get over from an old injury. Ranger Challenge is a real commitment, but hard to think of anything he'll ever do like it in life, if he can handle it, seems like a great experience.
As for @gooseblitz comment about the Facebook parent group, holy cow, you are so right. Could not believe the helicopter / snowplow parenting evident from some of those posts!
 
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