NLD and the army

[cdnparatrooper]

im a cadet and i can learn/grasp things quickley i.e the callsign elphabet, hand signals etc...
and i had a 2 PPCLI that told me people with NLD may excel at military teaching

 

[MikeL]

im a cadet and i can learn/grasp things quickley i.e the callsign elphabet, hand signals etc...

Not to be a mean, but those things aren't that difficult to learn.  Also, what is a callsign elphabet? Do you mean phonetic alphabet?

and i had a 2 PPCLI that told me people with NLD may excel at military teaching

You had a battalion tell you that?  Anyways.. yes there is a lot of hands on in the military, but there is also classroom as well, so you(IMO) have to be good at both hands on and learning from classroom lectures, reading, etc

 

[cdnparatrooper]

it was a soldier in the 2 PPCLI any i can read very well infact i found a way to learnwell in the classroom as well as hands on

 

[MikeL]

it was a soldier in the 2 PPCLI

I got that

any i can read very well infact i found a way to learnwell in the classroom as well as hands on

Might want to work on the spelling and grammar skills a little though.

 

[chrisf]

we do not change our methods for individuals.

I know what you mean when you say that (Or at least I assume I know what you mean, in that the system and the standards do not change), but we can't forget, any instructor who's inflexible in their methods is going to be a very poor instructor.... we very well do change our methods for individuals.

Having taught on about a dozen BMQ courses now, there's always a couple of individuals who I question how they passed the aptitude test... BUT, with a bit of patience, and creative teaching methods, pretty much all of them eventually "get it". Sometimes it's repetition ad nauseum, sometimes it's just approaching it from a different angle with that one student.

The biggest limitation is not the required method but time... you've got to be able to learn "quick", in the time the forces allot. You only have so much time to learn, and the instructor only has so much time to teach you.

Honestly, I can't see any reason why a person with NLD wouldn't be able to pass BMQ, but I could see difficulty in some of the trades courses, and definitely in some of the more advanced courses... at the end of the day, the only ones who can tell you if you can be medically enrolled the medical folks at the recruiting centre.

 

[medicineman]

They might be able to be enrolled medically, but they have to get by the CFAT before they get to the medical...the youngster above might have to work on some basic schooling to get by it if he reads and writes like he does here.

MM

 

[aesop081]

we very well do change our methods for individuals.

I have been an instructor as well , i know what you mean. Instructors indeed adjust their techniques in the classroom but CF institutional methodology does not change for each individual student.