Military schools have strict rules,

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For much of American history, military schools were prestigious institutions that trained young men for entrance into West Point, the Air Force Academy or Annapolis. During the Viet Nam era, these programs fell out of favor as the military came under popular criticism and as the culture moved into an era of individualism and self-expression.

Today there has been a reaction to that era, and military schools are coming back into favor. Many Americans are placing new value on the traditional character virtues that these schools teach: selflessness, honesty, patriotism, discipline, duty, respect for authority, and self-sacrifice for a greater good. Many military schools are responding by shifting their focus from training young men to be soldiers to training students for leadership positions in both military and civilian life. A few even admit girls.

PROS
If a young person is already certain he or she wants a email data in the military, a military high school can provide a path to either an officer's commission or an appointment to one of the three U.S. military academies.

Regular schedules, and superior academics. They have standards of appearance and behaviors that can help create lifelong good habits of self-discipline. Students are treated in an equal but firm fashion.

Cadets learn lessons in character as well as school subjects. They learn to think about what is best for the group, and to help others. Many military schools have a Christian basis, and teach values through religion.

The sports programs and academic opportunities are often superior at military schools. A few offer flying lessons.

CONS
Many parents of troubled teens mistakenly believe that military schools will "straighten" them out. Some use these schools as punishment. This technique can backfire, because military strictness and lack of room for individual expression can make a defiant teen's problem worse. Such teens often benefit more from boarding schools that offer therapeutic intervention. A good military school should have an admissions policy that screens out students with psychological problems or those otherwise unsuited for their strict regimens.

Some students who have attended military schools report both physical and mental abuse.

There are very few military schools in the Western part of the United States.