By JURNEE LOUDER – Staff Writer
Clarke Central High School students searching for career ideas and looking to find their strengths and weaknesses have the option of taking Armed Services Vocational Aptitude Test on Nov. 10.
Clarke Central High School students now have the opportunity to take the Armed Services Vocational Aptitude Test. The ASVAB will be administered at CCHS on Monday, Nov. 10, from 8:30-11:30 a.m.
Senior army instructor Lieutenant Colonel David McMickle says that the ASVAB is beneficial for all students.
“It’s all about choices,” McMickle said. “The Armed Services uses it to determine statistically where a person would be successful in the military. It also helps a student with study habits. It also gives you a choice when you graduate from high school, if college doesn’t work out, then you have something else to fall back on.”
Senior Michael Hughes took the ASVAB in the past. Hughes believes that the ASVAB can help students in the same way it helped him.
“It benefits you a lot,” Hughes said. “You can use it to get into colleges, not just the armed services, and it helped me realize that my weakness in school is math, and I could work on that more.”
McMickle says students who are interested in taking the ASVAB should not be discouraged by the 40 seat cap.
“They say (there is) a 40 person limit, but if we have people sign up, I will do everything I can to find the place for students to take the test. I don’t want to turn away students because of not having a seat,” McMickle said.
Though the test can be used to help a student find a job in the military, McMickle thinks every student can benefit from taking ASVAB.
“I advocate for every junior, every senior to take it whether you think you’re going to Yale (or) whether you’re going to the military. It doesn’t make a difference,” McMickle said.
To find more information on ASVAB, click here.
