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Originally Posted by William941
No I dont.
But let me ask you one thing, did you ever think for one second that it was financial problems? Not everyone grew up in a bright world where they could take that money and get it without worrying of your home being taken away, lights out.
Also, do you actually think that after 16 years I was just a student? I got paid from TEACHING and working at Wal-Mart then I went on to carrying bundles of shingles up ladders, cleaning all of the shingles from the houses, doing gutters, etc. I'm not trying to have an attitude, but just hear people out. One thing that I've noticed looking around here is that when someone comes here looking for help having different backgrounds, alot of people push them away and taunt them for not having the opportunitys that you have had.
Did I have the $125.00 and time to get my GED? no. I've also never had a cell phone, nothing for myself. You cant question someones motivation through a computer, based on one post, without knowing their situations.
I love training with the SEAL mentors, it's great! But this has always had my attention and desire more. If I went SEAL then I would've thought about what if I could've done Special Forces. Nothing fell through, it's just preferance.
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Check the attitude, as you have already already been told.
With every post I have seen here, you are proving that you are not currently ready for SF.
First, you do not have the education, and do not seem to be particularly eager to get it before proceeding to SF. You would be better served by spending the PT time completing your HS education rather than swimming and rucking.
Second, you seem to have a problem with authority, or at least a bad attitude.
Third, you are indicating a serious lack of maturity. That will pretty much guarantee that you are not as ready for SF as your family seems to think that you are.
Fourth, just what makes you think that you are so well-suited for SF?
If you had bothered to read more, you would have discovered that most of the posters here have dealt with far more adversity than you have had to thus far in your brief life. In fact, I cannot think of any SF guys who had someone show up and present them with their beret on a silver platter.
Again, more reading and less yakking, and you would have realized that there are two routes to get to SF. The 18X shortcut that you seem to feel should apply to you, despite the fact that you do not meet the pre-reqs, and the other, of just enlisting, and applying for SF after making E-4.
Don't shoot the messengers just because you do not like the messages. Your impertinence and disrespectful comments about your perceived value of the responses are not endearing you to anyone here, and will make it difficult for you to get knowledgable people to even bother to respond to your questions in the future. No one here is obligated to give you anything, and if you remain on this track, that is exactly what you will get. You might also consider that some of the people trying to answer your question may be significant to you in the future, should you ever get that far.
I would take what you have been given to heart, do more reading and research, complete your education, and then look at the available alternatives. If you persist on your current course, you are going to be on the outside looking in here.
TR