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I think there should be a National Service Year (NSY), a program that would be a win-win situation for American youth and for our country.
This training would settle youth down and give them needed self-confidence. It would give them experience in self control and in working within a group of other young people, who would be able to choose a work training program that would give them a head start on a future career.
Young people who intend to go on to college would have a year of real-life experience that would help them see the importance of further education. The government could offer financial help.
Most Americans today do not have any military experience and would be wary of such a plan. This is understandable, but shortsighted. Maybe NSY could be compared to teaching young people how to swim: nobody seems too interested in providing swimming lessons, but in an emergency, that skill is often life saving, not just for the swimmer, but for others in danger of drowning.
