02-24-2011, 08:40 PM
Everything mentioned on here is a moot point.
If you decide that "GPA isn't that important" then you won't take school as serious as you would if you knew your GPA could make or break you.
You may say that I'm wrong, but we all know if you don't think something is as vital as it is, you won't give it your full effort.
Take boot camp for example. Boot camp is really just the start of your military journey. No one cares how well you did in boot camp after you graduate and enter the "real" military. No one cares if you were the recruit division commander, did 1000 push ups, or could march better than the honor guard. Boot camp is really just to get you used to being told what to do and obeying without question, waking up early, learning rank structure, and so on.
In the grand scheme of things, it doesn't really matter how well you do in boot camp, as long as you make it through.
But if you took the attitude of "boot camp really isn't that important" when you first get there, you're going to have a much harder time and much more unwanted attention on you due to your laziness. If you take it serious, and do your best to excel, even though it probably won't matter, you never know what could happen. Maybe that E-6 that was your drill instructor could end up being the next Sergeant Major of the Army, Master Chief Petty Officer of the Navy, and so on, and maybe he'll recognize you at some point in the future of your careers.
My point is asking if GPA is important is a silly question. All you're doing it setting yourself up for failure in my opinion.
If you decide that "GPA isn't that important" then you won't take school as serious as you would if you knew your GPA could make or break you.
You may say that I'm wrong, but we all know if you don't think something is as vital as it is, you won't give it your full effort.
Take boot camp for example. Boot camp is really just the start of your military journey. No one cares how well you did in boot camp after you graduate and enter the "real" military. No one cares if you were the recruit division commander, did 1000 push ups, or could march better than the honor guard. Boot camp is really just to get you used to being told what to do and obeying without question, waking up early, learning rank structure, and so on.
In the grand scheme of things, it doesn't really matter how well you do in boot camp, as long as you make it through.
But if you took the attitude of "boot camp really isn't that important" when you first get there, you're going to have a much harder time and much more unwanted attention on you due to your laziness. If you take it serious, and do your best to excel, even though it probably won't matter, you never know what could happen. Maybe that E-6 that was your drill instructor could end up being the next Sergeant Major of the Army, Master Chief Petty Officer of the Navy, and so on, and maybe he'll recognize you at some point in the future of your careers.
My point is asking if GPA is important is a silly question. All you're doing it setting yourself up for failure in my opinion.
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