| Today´s generation of adolescents has been | | | | The military schools life can be enriching, wherein |
| badly influenced, in regards to their moral development | | | | enrolled students also go on excursions, attend bible |
| and decision-making abilities. Value formation, which is | | | | readings, and participate in sportsfests |
| supposed to be instilled in every child, is becoming a | | | | There are indications that the military ethos facilitates |
| non-existent thing. Many children are now acting | | | | development in a unique and effective way. Military |
| improperly. However, instead of re-shaping the bad | | | | system training is even becoming more common in |
| habits of these children while they are enrolled in public | | | | some public schools. The Charles Rogers Academy in |
| schools, the problems only seem to grow everyday. A | | | | Detroit provides for an educational program much like |
| military school is one kind of institution committed to | | | | a military prep school. Students of each level have |
| help parents in teaching their teenagers discipline, | | | | different ranks, discipline is strict, and expectations are |
| through an school education program patterned after | | | | high. Approximately half of the seniors in the school |
| military training. The school does not only focus on | | | | move on to attend college, which is a remarkable |
| academic programs, but has a very different approach | | | | achievement for an for an inner-city school. |
| on education directed towards the full development of | | | | Military schools afford a similar education as that given |
| every student. | | | | in regular public and private schools. However, military |
| Usually, troubled teens are enrolled in military schools in | | | | academies also provide specific physical and mental |
| order to prepare them for college life. Many military | | | | exercises that are not generally administered in regular |
| schools are also boarding schools, where students live | | | | schools. They provide an environment where |
| in-house over a long period of time. They stay in | | | | teenagers are challenged and expected to exert |
| dorms and student apartments with 24/7 security. | | | | themselves more than they usually do. |