I'm not going to throw out any names or even say where I went to High School, because I really don't want to cause a big-to-do about the whole incident, plus the comment was singular, and definitely didn't reflect the majority of the responses we received.
First of all, we had pre-planned the whole process with the High School probably about a month in advance, so they knew we were coming. As we walked up to the door, one of the.........higher ranking members of the administration.....opened the door and stuck their head out. "Why are you here?" she snapped at us. Uhhh....we made plans with the school to come in and set up a table for the day. "Oh..so you're here for one day then? Good. We don't like encouraging our young boys and girls to go into the military."
Nice.
I mean it happens, and you do have the right to think whatever you want..but this was someone who treated us like random strangers and not recent graduates and alumni, who we had personally spoke to throughout our high school careers. The comment was also completely out of place, as her statement certainly did not reflect the official opinion of the school. Our response was professional: we didn't get visibly angry or even issue a word, except for a quiet thank you for opening the door.
That was the only shocking event of the day though. Every other teacher we saw wished us Happy Holidays and talked to us about school. We got a lot of interest during the lunch hours and handed out a couple of brochures, and got one of our high school friends to do push-ups in front of the cafeteria while wearing a plate carrier to get a Army T-Shirt as a prize.
All in all, we didn't let that one comment get in our way. We had a great time talking with teachers and some prospective students, and we had a lot of fun.
