Yes, by all means, have a draft. I propose another battalion: The education battalion.
We currently have a sub-par, union protected educational workforce. With a drafted population we could immediately improve the average intelligence quotient of teachers and bring teacher to student rations down dramatically. The draftee teachers, free of the pedological blinders of the education establishment would have a great positive effect on students.
Inner city schools’ safety would be vastly improved by boots on the ground with the disciplinary heft to stop bullying and assaults. Some of the draftees would find that the teaching profession, in a military environment which encourages meritocracy and measurable goal achievement might find the career attractive.
The downside of this proposal? There is none. Our educational system is so screwed up that nothing we can do to it could possibly make it worse.
