So,
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Today was... okay? Not as exciting as I expected.
First of all, basic facts - I live in Israel, in case you didn't know. As pointed out in the last entry, over here military service is mandatory - which means anyone who finishes high school joins the army. You guys get college, we get army. Yeah.
What is usually referred to as "Tzav 1" is basically your first introduction to the system. You get it at the age of 16/17. You go to this place and, well, answer a lot of questions. And wait in line. That's basically what I did all day.
Less interesting details below;
I got there at around 7:30 AM. They put a sticker on your identity card, which acts like a barcode. You show it to a machine before entering each 'station' - your name is then registered on the computer, and you wait for them to call out for you. The first station is Info Verification. I sat in front of a guy who asked me details about my life - name, parents' name, birth place, school, etc. These were pretty straight-forward questions. He then read some obscure sentences and asked me to write them (to see if there are any spelling errors... Again, there were some obscure words there, that aren't really used in modern Hebrew).
Next part was the health tests. The doctor asked questions regarding my medical history (or lack of, in my case). Ran some basic breathing tests. He already had my height/weight on file. Now's the surprising part; before today, I (and everybody I know) thought I was severely underweight (seriously, I'm almost anorectic... isn't that right, Shippou? lol), which made me think they wouldn't accept me for any Field position. Well, turns out, I only need to gain 1.5kg by the time I enlist (more than a year from now) to get Profile 97, which is the highest possible. For example, 64 means you have a serious problem, and can only work in Intelligence (or similar desk positions), and Profile 35 means you have some sort of rare disease and can hardly do anything. So, 97, not quite what I expected.
Getting kinda sleepy now, so I'll make this short. Next part was Personal Interviews - similar to the first part, but not quite. Here they ask you stuff that determine your psych - how's your social life, family status, willingness to serve, stuff like that. I think I did good here.
Final station, and longest one, was the psycho-technic exams. Very vital to what position you'll be getting (or so they say). You sit in front of a computer, they ask you a lot of annoying questions, you choose the right answer, like a quiz. Normally I'd consider this fun, thing is, there's a time limit, something like 20 minutes for every 25 questions. So less than a minute for each question. These range from reading comprehension, to math, to vocabulary, to "which shape belongs here?". This took something like an hour and a half. I had to guess a lot of them, due to the time restrictions... hope I did okay.
And then I went home and did nothing for the rest of the day.
Questions/comments/etc please?
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