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Pros And Cons Of Being A Paratrooper

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I slid into my desk as the bell rang for 11th grade Civics class. The instructor was this high energy Korean War vet who spent too much time telling us about being a paratrooper. After class he asked me to stay for a few moments. He wanted to ask me what I was going to study in College. “I dunno. I was thinking about majoring in Psychology”, was my reply. “Well when I was in College I noticed that all the people who gravitated towards Psych did it because they had problems they wanted to solve. I think you can do better than that. Maybe you are not ready for College. Have you ever considered the Military? You know I was a paratrooper in both the 101st and 82nd Airborne. Those where exciting times and I worked out a lot of angst
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