Today my child tutee cancelled our session because she wasn't feeling well. Instead I met with one of my normal tutees(Ben) for a quick conversation.
We met randomly at a bus stop just south of the stadium. He was waiting for a late bus and I had just gotten off work. He is enlisting in the US Army and is encouraging me to do the same. My dad was in the military and has been pressuring me to join for a long time. Ben is convinced that the military is the answer for all young men who are the least semi intelligent and able to conduct themselves.
It's hard to discuss with him the cons of the military because for him it is a very lucrative and beneficial in almost anyway. Since he is a single immigrant he has a relatively limited amount of employment opportunities. Ben is a big fan of networking and shared several success stories about students who had found job opportunities not based on their qualifications but they relied on people they knew.
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