Ngu-Anthony Lonetree, iStar Tribune
Ikwayala yacula kamnandi kwaye abafundi banika eyona “ekhohlo, ekunene, ekhohlo” ngelixa bematsha kumsitho weNavy Junior Reserve Officer Training Corps (JROTC) ngoLwesine kwisikolo saseWashington Technology Magnet eSt.
Echukunyiswe kukubonakalisa isimilo nokuchaneka, uNtsumpa uJohn Thein wathi: “Ubeke umgangatho ophezulu wokuba abafundi ofunda nabo bawulandele.”
Kwiiyure ezininzi kamva, nangona kunjalo, isiphakamiso sokongeza iyunithi yoMkhosi woMoya we-JROTC kwi-Highland Park Senior High yahamba kakuhle njenge-ankle ejijekileyo.
Abazali, abafundi kunye namalungu oluntu amenywe ukuba athathe uluvo kwisicwangciso asibeke ecaleni ugxininiso loMkhosi woMoya "kwingqibelelo, inkonzo phambi kobuqu kunye nokugqwesa kuyo yonke into esiyenzayo," ukugxeka iinkqubo ze-JROTC njengongenelelo olungamkelekanga ezikolweni kunye nomkhosi ogqunywe kancinci. isixhobo sokugaya.
Intlawulo yokuqashwa, ehlala ichazwa kwaye ihlala iphikiswa ngabahlohli kunye nabafundi be-JROTC, yazisa ngokukhawuleza imvakalelo yeemvakalelo kwintlanganiso emalunga ne-25 abantu.
Gcina umkhosi ngaphandle. Bayeke abantwana,” utshilo uKatherine Kleckner, umhlali wasebumelwaneni nowayesakuba ngunoncwadi waseComo Park High. Ngelixa bengabantwana bethu, kufuneka sibenzele eyona nto ingcono, kwaye ayikokubalungiselela imfazwe.
Malunga nabantu abahlanu bathetha ngokuthanda ukwenza i-Highland Park isikolo esiphakamileyo sesithandathu kwisithili saseSt.
Abanye bagxeka uhlobo olulodwa lwentetho ye-JROTC - ekhokelwa nguCol. Deon Ford, olawula inkqubo ye-Air Force JROTC kwi-Johnson High - kunye nokungabikho kwesaziso kubafundi kunye nabangathethi isiNgesi. Loo nto yabangela ukuba uDana Abrams, unozikhalazo wesithili, kunye noTheresa Battle, umncedisi wentsumpa yezikolo eziphakamileyo, bathembise ngokubamba enye intlanganiso yabahlali phambi kokuba kuthathwe naliphi na inyathelo lokuzisa uMkhosi woMoya eHighland Park.
“Abayi apho bangamkelekanga khona,” utshilo u-Battle emva kwentlanganiso. “Siyaluhlonipha uluntu. Ayiloluntu lonke.”
IHighland Park imhlophe kwaye ityebile ngakumbi kuneNorth End - iyantlukwano ibonakaliswe kumanani abafundi kwizikolo ezibini eziphakamileyo. KwiMagnet yeTekhnoloji yaseWashington, i-89 yepesenti yabafundi bakulungele ukufumana isidlo sasemini sasimahla okanye esincitshisiweyo, ipesenti ephindwe kabini eHighland Park. Kodwa iWashington nayo sesinye sezona zikolo zifunwa kakhulu kwisithili. Ibinoluhlu lwabalindileyo abangama-262 ekupheleni kwesizini yelotho ekhethwa sisikolo kulo nyaka.
UWinston Tucker, inqununu e-Highland Park, uthe ukutyelela esikolweni saseNorth End kwanceda ukukhuthaza isigqibo sakhe sokulandela inkqubo ye-JROTC. Abafundi basebenza njengababulisi kunye nabakhokeli kwimisitho yasekuhlaleni esikolweni, kwaye uTucker uthe babelane naye ngendlela inkqubo ebanike ngayo imvakalelo yokubandakanyeka kunye namathuba okukhokela.
IHighland Park ikwadinga ezinye iindlela zonyulo, utshilo, umbono oxhaswe ngoLwesine ebusuku ngabazali abambalwa abahlanganisene kwithala leencwadi.
Kwinkcazo-ntetho yakhe, uFord uthe ukuba ngumhlohli ophezulu wenzululwazi ye-aerospace eJohnson High ibe ngumsebenzi awuthandayo. Isiqingatha somvuzo wakhe sihlawulwa nguMkhosi woMoya. Ufundisa "Imbali yeFlight" kubafundi bebanga lesithoba, kwaye wabhekisela kwikhosi yokusinda njengento eyintandokazi phakathi kwabafundi. Kunyaka ophelileyo, abafundi baya eLebanon Hills Region Park e-Eagan ukuze bafunde izakhono ezifana nokwakha imililo kunye nokucoca amanzi. IiCadets nazo zihamba ngenqwelomoya kwaye zitshintshisana ngokuhlala kwindawo yokusebenzela.
“Ndifuna ukucaca: Asiyonkqubo yokuqesha abantu emkhosini,” utshilo. “Umsebenzi wam kukubanika izixhobo ukuze baphumelele ebomini.”
Abagxeki besiphakamiso bathi isithili asikwazi ukuhlawula isabelo sayo se-$ 100,000 eqikelelweyo yeprogram ye-JROTC ye-$ 200,000 yeendleko zonyaka, kungekhona xa ubugcisa kunye nomculo benqunyulwa; ukuba ukufundisa “ngumsebenzi womfundisi-ntsapho,” kungekhona owekholoneli; ukuba igumbi leentlanganiso lalinabantu abambalwa kakhulu bebala, njengabo basebenza kuluhlu oluphambili emfazweni, nokuba umkhosi uyazi ukuba neeyunifomu ezikolweni kunokuba yindlela ehendayo yokwenza abafundi babhalise.
UBrad Sigal, umzali wesikolo esiphakathi, wongezelela ukuba inkqubo ye-JROTC nayo iya kubonakala iphikisana neprogram ye-International Baccalaureate (IB) ye-Highland Park, ekhuthaza abafundi ukuba basebenze ukudala ihlabathi elingcono nelinoxolo. U-Tucker, kudliwano-ndlebe, wathi wayekholelwa ukuba i-JROTC ihambelana neprogram ye-IB ngokukhuthaza ubunkokeli kunye nenkonzo yoluntu, kunye nokubaluleka kokuba ngabacaci abacingayo abazimisele ukuthatha ingozi.
KwiMagnet yeTekhnoloji yaseWashington, apho ababini kwabafundi abaphezulu be-22 babhalise emkhosini emva kwe-2014-15 unyaka wesikolo, u-Yan Zhou Chen ophezulu uceba ukufaka isicelo kwiYunivesithi yaseTufts kwaye enze umsebenzi wobunjineli bemichiza.
Ikrele lisesandleni, ukhokele ii-cadet ngo-drill ngoLwesine, ibali elingalindelekanga lempumelelo elinikwe wajoyina i-JROTC kuphela kuba umhlobo uyenzile.
Njengomfundi wesithoba kwi-JROTC, uZhou Chen uthe, "ugxininise lwakho," uqinisekisa ukuba iyunifomu yakho ibonakala ibukhali kwaye ulandela imiyalelo. Ekugqibeleni, ukhokela abanye kwaye unoxanduva loqeqesho kunye nokuqhubela phambili kwabafundi bakho, utshilo. Ebuzwa ukuba ubaxelela ntoni abafundi abazibuzayo ukuba bafanele babe ngabafundi, uphendule nge-imeyile: “NGENZO, JOYINA!”
Malunga nokunyula ukungayi emkhosini, uthe kwaba sisiqabu kubazali bakhe.
