Thanks alot for all your replies, some of you were really helpful, i think they are slowly turning towards the idea of me joining, but are still slightly against it, their main arguement is that im throwing 11 years of private education down the drain but I think they will come around soon.

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I don't know if this has come up on this site before, but I haven't read about it any where before. Firstly i will give you my background and see where this take you, im am a 17 year old student studying at a private school in london, I am an active part in my schools Combined Cadet force naval ...