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[–] 45 points 2 years ago (10 children)

My school had us all take it at 16.

If you refused you had to go sit in the cafeteria by yourself and weren't allowed to even study. Just sit there with your eyes open not doing anything for like 4 hours.

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  • [–] 30 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (4 children)

    Fuck that’s awful. Were you in Idaho or something equally awful?

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  • [–] 11 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    They had us take it in the 90s in my high school but we quickly knew it was worth nothing so everyone tanked it on purpose. We were already weary of standardized testing and knew just what to ask the teachers.

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  • [–] 7 points 2 years ago

    I went to high school during peace time — that used to be a thing way back when — and I think my school required it for ROTC but maybe it was more of a strong suggestion rather than a requirement.

    We also had possibly the worst possible system for military recruiters. You had to choose between the regular P.E. class, weight lifting (if you played a sport), and ROTC. The end result was that ROTC was always like 2% committed future service members (who would have joined the military with or without high school ROTC) and 98% awkward people avoiding sports at all cost. (Or the worst fate of all, 1st hour PE so you were the person who smelled like stanky teen gym clothes in every one of your classes.)

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  • [+] 3 points 2 years ago (2 children)