<p>what are the cards taped on some of the candidates shirts? looks like they are pale yellow in the pictures</p>
<p>It's a Sick Chit, means their injured or something, and restricts activities and such. You want to try to avoid getting one as much as possible.</p>
<p>I just spotted one on my daughters belt in a Day 6 photo and no photos in Day 7 at all, so I'm assuming she's excused from quite a bit....I'm not too worried because the photo I see it in she's got a great big smile for the camera! Hope she wrote right away so I don't have to wait until Sunday to find out!</p>
<p>the thing is with the sick chits is that people remember who milked their sick chits during indoc and tend to lose quite a bit of respect for those kids. one kid last year milked his sick chit all indoc and as soon as the year started he just so happened to be perfectly fine. the kid ended up quitting because he had no friends and all his classmates wouldnt stop cutting the cables in his room, cutting his shoes into shreds, and ripping up his bed, all because he went through all of indoc without doing a thing. i know most kids are on sick chits because they are legitimately hurt, but there are the select few who are milking it and people will find out and those kids will most likely be gone by winter because of their own classmates</p>
<p>bvwhiteboy is completely right....i can still name all the people in my company who milked their sick chits. It really hurts you here if you look for the easy way out, its a small school, and you dont get out much, so people remember everything.</p>
<p>Come on now -- you're scaring these poor parents. </p>
<p>The sick chit for a lot of kids is legit -- they didn't come to INDOC flexible or as in shape as they thought they were. </p>
<p>The kids who 'ride' sick chits will probably have a hard time when it comes to fitting in with the rest of their company mates who were not on a sick chit during indoc. That DOES NOT mean that they're not going to fit in though. We had a guy in my company last year who everyone felt 'rode' a sick chit. But he turned out to be a really good guy that everyone got along with. He just wasn't able to keep up with us in PT -- that's all that meant. </p>
<p>And for those kids who -are- actually hurt -- or 'broken' as the DIs like to say. They're not 'milking' it. In fact, a good majority of them are EMBARRESSED and WANT to participate in company events. They feel they're letting their company mates down. I know I did when I was on sick chit for one day during the 5k run last year -- I even ran part of it until I got caught by the EMT who refused to let me run anymore :D</p>
<p>And parents -- if your kid is 'broken' -- don't worry too much about it. I know you're on pins and needles about your poor baby being hurt -- but I promise that they are in really good care with the infirmary. The ladies in Patten are as nice and sweet as they can be. They're in -good hands.-</p>
<p>The sick chits (known as profiles for those in the Army) are a source of contention every year. The main problem is parents see them on their children and don't know what's going on, so they always think the worst. As mentioned above most are for legitimate reasons (sprained ankles, bad blisters, etc) and some are for reasons that aren't so clear.</p>
<p>The way a sick chit is issued is a candidate must go to Patten Infirmary for one reason or another. Sometimes somthing happens during PT and they are taken there by the EMS squad, other times they go there during sick call in the morning. They will then be examined by one of the staff members and a determination as to status is made. They then consider what may cause more damage or prevent recovery and prevent that candidate from doing those things. </p>
<p>If the injury is bad enough the parents will hear about it one way or the other, so if you haven't heard anything from the school it's probably no big deal, usually some type of sports injury. With the recent changes (past several years) to indoc the rate of injury has actually decreased and the types of injuries have become less severe.</p>
<p>In the past there were always several admissions to the hospital every indoc; however, these are now few and far between from what I am told and saw at the Indoc I went back for to work at Patten.</p>
<p>So, in short, a pale, yellow piece of paper is no big deal usually. It doesn't automatically make them an outcast as long as they aren't "milking" it.</p>
<p>The boy lives! LOL </p>
<p>Running injuries are the most common from what I've heard. Bad blisters, burning raw rashes on the inside of the leg, a pulled something or another, and the like. When its 100 degrees, they don't keep on with the afternoon outdoor PT so no worries that they'll be dropping like flies.</p>
<p>Yep, the comments here do bring a cause for concern if you son has gotten one or two of these. Oh well.</p>