Excellent idea!

So, here's a great idea from a Chron columnist, concerned about how the Army gets high school phone numbers and recruits using them:

And don't bother trying to fight the premise. Both the Santa Cruz and San Francisco school districts thought they'd come up with a compromise, which was: Let those who are interested in the military have a chance to volunteer for information.

Both districts suggested an "opt in" policy under which interested students would ask to be contacted. No one else would be called.

Not acceptable. Federal officials made it emphatically clear to both districts that the "opt in" policy could put them in jeopardy of having their funds "yanked," in the words of one official.

Wow, how anal of the feds. Why didn't they accept such a reasonable compromise?

But then, maybe you should ask the broader question of what a recruiter does. I have to admit, the idea of recruiters waiting to be asked by the recruitee seems a bit backwards to me.

posted by Beetle Aurora Drake 1/29/2005 05:59:00 PM #
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