Is it good for to children dress up like soldiers and march around with mock rifles? Should they be doing this in our schools?
We say no, but some say yes.
Wednesday, January 31 – Seven of us were outside New York City Council offices asking Council Members to stop allotting 1.5 million of our tax dollars each year to the Junior Reserve Officers Training Corps (JROTC) programs in NYC schools. We want City Council to move the money to programs that help students develop into strong, creative, resourceful adults.
Two career military men stopped to talk. The first thanked us for being there saying we were doing a good thing. The second military man who had worked as a recruiter and also with JROTC was angry. He said the JROTC program was good for kids because it gave them discipline. He talked about discipline a lot. We’ve heard that defense of JROTC from many other people who are passionate and sincere.
I want kids to have discipline too. But it should come from inside them like in Marie Curie or Rosa Parks or Laura Poitras or these gals in yellow.
– Eva-Lee Baird with Barbara H, Eleanor, Joan, Nancy, Nydia, Pat
for the Granny Peace Brigade
Granny Peace Brigade 