When you're in high school. You don't have too much trouble getting along.
Oh you have your ups and downs things happen.
But you know pretty well what you can and can't do.
There isn't very much about your life. When you're in service.
You're going to have to find out again what you can
and can't do.
You won't know just what to expect you'll have lots of adjustments to make
sure a situation like this is rough
but what are you going to do You can't cut class.
And you can't quit and you can't talk back or if you do.
This man just hasn't been able to adjust himself to taking orders.
That's a pretty important part of military life you know.
It's one of the big adjustments.
You're going to have to make.
Have you ever fired a rifle for some people it's fun.
You know what you're training for in service.
This is business the business of life or death.
Military training is education for war.
Most of us hate war the very idea of combat violence that's another big adjustment.
You'll have to make. Have you ever been homesick.
Maybe you thought you never would be when was the last time you cried.
You'll say you gotta stop this.
You're a man now not a kid but you can't help missing mom and dad
and your friends back home
and the things you're used to back in high school where life was pretty comfortable.
That's another adjustment you're going to have to make in time.
This fellow will be OK but when he entered service.
He wasn't ready emotionally for the big change.
How about you are you going to be ready
when the time comes for you to meet these new situations.
Will you be ready to obey orders and comply with military discipline.
Will you be ready to take your part in education for war.
Will you be ready to stand on your own away from your family and friends.
But can you make these adjustments without an emotional upset.
Starting now there is a way for you to get all this in perspective take stock of
yourself think. Well.
How do I stand company motion really how about last week. G.M.
Was giving out free advice about how to improve my grip.
I didn't take it very well I don't like criticism about taking orders.
What about the time I was all dressed up for the big date.
So with car wasn't washed. Well I should have seen to it.
Why blame dad who's going to do my work in service.
The other day. Jane was playing dress up with mother's shoes
and my baseball cap those my temper easily don't die.
And then there was the accident but why did I get worked up real panicky.
Let's face it.
I sure need a lot of self-discipline before I enter service.
That's right. Take stock of yourself and then take action.
You'll need time
but you can help yourself an assignment is going up on the board
orders from the teacher to the class but you don't much like taking orders.
It annoys you. When people tell you what to do or how to do something.
All right now you can slip by most of the orders you get.
But do you want to go on that way.
Later on taking orders will be expected of you demanded of you so now's the time to
start practicing.
Consider all your assignments as orders make it your business to follow them
try to understand the real purpose and what your part is.
And why the orders have to be followed to achieve that purpose.
If you consider suggestions advice assignments as orders now you will adjust
easier later on.
Another part of getting ready for military discipline is developing self-discipline.
If you usually duck your responsibilities.
It will pay it is start changing your ways.
If there is a job to be done get it started take on responsibility for getting
certain things done around the house at school in your community.
Even if it's a job you don't like stick it out.
Learn to take it as long as it's your job do it.
Do your best at the jobs you take on and take on new jobs.
Look for things that you can be responsible for.
Discipline yourself plan to do things then do them.
Later on you'll have plenty of responsibilities
that you'll have to manage learning to accept them.
Now will help you over a big hurdle.
Later on you'll find it easier to if you had some experience now being away from
home. Have you ever gone off on a summer job with your friends
and spent a night in the city on the way you had a lot of problems.
Didn't you just being on your own being limited to the amount of money you could
spend having to make all your own decisions.
Having to make all your own arrangements.
While you were away your folks missed you. Sure but both they and you feel more.
Now about that time later on
when you will be away from home for a much longer period.
Maybe your thinking and worrying about combat the violence and the dangers.
Well think about the men you know who have been through military service.
Even though they served. Many of them in war time. If you saw combat.
If you had to use their combat training to defend their own lives
and very few of them were wounded. Think about it.
Take the problem to church. If you need help. Talk it over there.
Get yourself straightened out.
Yes. Get yourself ready emotionally. So that when you're away from home.
You can adjust to the new situation.
Get yourself ready to take your part in education for war.
And get ready for discipline and the military situation in general.
Learn how to take it for life in the service can be a rough.
Alright can be an interesting new experience. Remember.
Others have been in service and made out all right.
In fact many millions of fellows like you face the same problems
and met them successfully. And you can too. Even better than they have.
If you start now to get ready emotionally.
For what lies ahead.