*Ash*

“And my life was put in the hands of young men I would otherwise never have met, by and large high-school dropouts, who turned to be among the finest people i have ever known.”

I chose this quote because I liked how the writer brought this up in his essay, i thought it was really interesting how he explains this statement or should I say quote so well, it really made me realize that some of those people who had dropped out of my high school a lot of them probibly had no where to go, so they did turn to the Military or the Marines or some part of the guards. It also reminded me of my brother’s best friend, he was a high school dropout and has been in the guards for a while now, he is one of the most respectable people i’ve ever met and what I truely call a hero. Even though having a high school deploma is important to many people, often times having to take that risk and turn to something that you feel is more important in your life, like fighting for our country.

I think the author’s thesis is trying to get others to understand that the draft is often better for our people instead of them having to try to munipulate men or women into joining.