Armed Forces?

[jonathan lall]

Never considered it, and that's not just because most parts of Canada's Armed Forces are rather laughable, and that they are misused. It's not just because I wouldn't be able to make an amount of money which is proportional to the post-secondary education I plan on taking part in. It's also not because I want the power to choose what I do and where I go, when I want to -- basically to be my own master.

It's more like a combination of those. The Armed Forces are completely contrary to my personality and I guess ambitions. Something tells me (and this is pure conjecture) that Dean Kamen isn't too crazy about the whole American "soldier worship" phenomenon either. I'd say in this specific case, FIRST isn't "changing the culture" at all. But I can definitely see the appeal the Forces have to someone who is very hands-on or technically-inclined. Like many if not most people in FIRST. To each his own though.