Hi everybody,
Im a 19 year old from Alberta currently taking a gap year before entering post secondary at SAIT ( SOUTHERN ALBERTA INSTITUTE OF TECH. )
I have ALWAYS had genuine interest in the military and have always considered giving my service to the country. Despite my interest and passion I have come across several roadblocks in making the right decision..
I was raised in a Korean household and unfortunately my parents seem to fall under the stereotypical "asian parents"..they have lectured me all my life on what career path I should take etc.. you get the idea.
If i go into SAIT in the fall I will be going into hopefully Mechanical Engineering Tech. which is a 2 year degree program. But lately with all this free time on my hand I can't help but to think weather or not this would be the right career for me.. I hear all the time about how people do not like their job but a lot of them are unfortunately stuck with it for life.. I don't look forward to sitting in an office for 8-9 hours everyday for the rest of my life and die like that..
CF seems to give you a more exciting job environment and team oriented environment which I can definitely enjoy from playing football for years.. However I do want to have some sort of an education.. I know that being in the reserve is what a lot of you guys would suggest me to do but if i were to join the regular forces.. is there anyway that I can still serve and somehow receive the education that i desire? In a perfect world I would have gotten my 4 year Uni. Degree and entered as a direct officer entry plan but my grades are not good enough.. hence why I am going into SAIT engineering rather than a 4 year program at a University. Ive gone to the recruiter here in Calgary but he wasn't really much of a help to be honest.. he was really general with his answers and I was pretty much reading what the CF website was siting... I came here to get some more personal and hopefully more insightful answers..
The other reason why I and considering the CF is money... My parents pay for half of my sister's tuition who is studying in the states and paying for all her tuition and living cost is already a burden in their pocket I do not want to have to give them more of that...I figure since I have such interest in the army maybe the forces would be a solution to all this..
To sum all of this up for you and I apologize for going on for too long.. If i join the reserve or regular force can i still receive the education that i desire? what is it like being a soldier in the CF? is it worthwhile? Do you get a lot of opportunity to give your hand out to others in need? and most of all is it fun? I keep hearing people say online that when they joined the military it was NOTHING like what they had expected and usually was in a negative way...I pray that this isn't true for everyone.. Thank you for your time !
J
Im a 19 year old from Alberta currently taking a gap year before entering post secondary at SAIT ( SOUTHERN ALBERTA INSTITUTE OF TECH. )
I have ALWAYS had genuine interest in the military and have always considered giving my service to the country. Despite my interest and passion I have come across several roadblocks in making the right decision..
I was raised in a Korean household and unfortunately my parents seem to fall under the stereotypical "asian parents"..they have lectured me all my life on what career path I should take etc.. you get the idea.
If i go into SAIT in the fall I will be going into hopefully Mechanical Engineering Tech. which is a 2 year degree program. But lately with all this free time on my hand I can't help but to think weather or not this would be the right career for me.. I hear all the time about how people do not like their job but a lot of them are unfortunately stuck with it for life.. I don't look forward to sitting in an office for 8-9 hours everyday for the rest of my life and die like that..
CF seems to give you a more exciting job environment and team oriented environment which I can definitely enjoy from playing football for years.. However I do want to have some sort of an education.. I know that being in the reserve is what a lot of you guys would suggest me to do but if i were to join the regular forces.. is there anyway that I can still serve and somehow receive the education that i desire? In a perfect world I would have gotten my 4 year Uni. Degree and entered as a direct officer entry plan but my grades are not good enough.. hence why I am going into SAIT engineering rather than a 4 year program at a University. Ive gone to the recruiter here in Calgary but he wasn't really much of a help to be honest.. he was really general with his answers and I was pretty much reading what the CF website was siting... I came here to get some more personal and hopefully more insightful answers..
The other reason why I and considering the CF is money... My parents pay for half of my sister's tuition who is studying in the states and paying for all her tuition and living cost is already a burden in their pocket I do not want to have to give them more of that...I figure since I have such interest in the army maybe the forces would be a solution to all this..
To sum all of this up for you and I apologize for going on for too long.. If i join the reserve or regular force can i still receive the education that i desire? what is it like being a soldier in the CF? is it worthwhile? Do you get a lot of opportunity to give your hand out to others in need? and most of all is it fun? I keep hearing people say online that when they joined the military it was NOTHING like what they had expected and usually was in a negative way...I pray that this isn't true for everyone.. Thank you for your time !
J