By Teresa Lopez.
Tori Sturgeon, the testing coordinator, is encouraging students to participate in the Armed Services Vocational Aptitude Battery, also known as ASVAB test, to help determine the future career route for juniors and seniors.
The ASVAB takes place on March 7 in the library at 9 a.m. To sign up, find the posters hanging in front of the school and by the JROTC room, scan the QR code, and fill out the google form. The only requirements are that you must be a junior or senior.
“It is the test that they use for the military.” Sturgeon said. “So, when you want to join the military, it shows you what jobs you would be more inclined to do just based on your experiences now.”
The ASVAB is designed to touch four domains such as verbal expression, math, science and technical, and spatial.
“You know I’m good at certain aspects but then other things I’m just not as good at.” senior Aiden Seekins said. “So it’s a really good place to just kind of see where you can perform and do well at.”
The ASVAB isn’t just good for military training, but it also gives a good insight on where a student’s strengths and weaknesses are in their education.
“It can really also benefit a lot of other students as well,” Sturgeon said. “If you don’t really know what you want to do or you don’t really know what you’re naturally inclined to do, it’s a really cool test even if you’re not interested in the military.”
You can learn more on officialasvab.com or visit Sturgeon’s testing website bit.ly/Abilenetesting to prepare for the test.
“If you don’t take it with us then you have to go to Dallas, that’s the nearest place,” Sturgeon said. “If you think maybe you might want to join the military, maybe not, if you want to go to college, trade school, or go into the workforce after high school it’s still a really cool experience and it’s free so highly recommend it please sign up.”
