Joke is on you; they left all the kids that made perfect scores alone. They knew they couldn’t convince them to join.
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breakcore@lemmy.world 4 months ago
It was required in my school to take the ASVAB. If we missed we’d face repercussions. I purposely answered questions wrong-- not all of them because it would look too obvious, but I apparently still scored high enough that they still considered me. I got my results in class, we had someone from the military come speak with us and try to get us to sign up, and even text messages.
Shit was so fucking annoying.
I asked a friend of mine from where I used to live if she had to take it and she asked me what the fuck I was talking about.
I mean, shit, I guess when you live in a state that is known for having awful levels of education they figure they can shove you in the military instead.
…Or football.
sexual_tomato@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 months ago
Maggoty@lemmy.world 4 months ago
When I was in school we had to take it but the recruiters also passed back the results. So even if you didn’t want to join it was supposed to be useful information about what you’re good at doing.
Ironically they may have tried harder because you scored low. The phrase “Asvab Waiver” exists for a reason. And there’s very few people who couldn’t drive a truck or something useful.
Umbreon@lemmy.world 4 months ago
My highschool had the same thing, they made it sound mandatory but a handful of us found out they couldn’t force you to take it. So yea while 99% of my classmates took it the 5 of us got to sit in a empty classroom and wait it out
TempermentalAnomaly@lemmy.world 4 months ago
This sounds worse than sitting through a time share presentation.
But better than a friend trying to get me to join their downline.
Moggy@lemmy.world 4 months ago
Texas?
wolfpack86@lemmy.world 4 months ago
What score do you think is the cutoff to not be called?
My guess is they call you regardless of score and use the score to decide how to make the sell. They need all levels of people to stand in front of bullets and maintain a base/outpost.