Wide context

Complete PICLE corpus of essays by Polish advanced EFL students (330,000)

/^t/Another failure of the present system of defense is the fact that it is based on people called up on compulsory basis who often have negative attitude towards military service. The reasons for such an attitude are numerous. Recruits usually have to join the army precisely at the moment when they start organizing their adult lives. Instead of persuing their professional careers, they have to indulge in activities which are useless in civil life or pointless. During the service, they are humiliated by their superiors and older colleagues. Finally, during the military training, they practice on obsolete equipment. It remains a mystery how an army made up of such soldiers is to keep high morale and guarantee good protection to our country.