| Boot camps essentially training camps. The term 'boot | | | | professional skills. Parents with problem children often |
| camp' is derived from the grueling footwear that is | | | | send them to juvenile boot camps. |
| provided to boot camp trainees in the military. Boot | | | | Today boot camps have become more of a fad. |
| camps last for a couple of weeks and are specifically | | | | There are boot camps for almost every aspect of |
| designed for special purposes. | | | | social life. Boot camps even exist for brides and for |
| The original boot camps are military boot camps. All | | | | would-be parents. Here the emphasis is on how to |
| branches of the armed forces have boot camps | | | | improve their situation for incoming responsibilities. |
| including the army, marines, coast guard, navy and air | | | | Fitness boot camps are becoming the latest craze. |
| force. Boot camps for the military train their recruits | | | | People don't have to live in such boot camps - |
| in physical strength, weapon use, technical and | | | | classes are conducted for just a few hours a week. |
| theoretical knowledge, comradeship, leadership and | | | | Many companies also provide boot camps for their |
| discipline among many other code value. The actual | | | | workers. The companies sponsor these boot camps |
| effect of boot camps is more mental than physical. | | | | and workers are taught skills and, most importantly, |
| Trainees are deprived of sleep, food and | | | | core values of the company. |
| communication and made to live in extremely | | | | Most boot camp instructors are harsh-spoken, |
| unfavorable conditions to test how far they can push | | | | work-extracting people. They are experts in their |
| themselves. | | | | own fields and are conditioned to exert their trainees |
| Boot camps are also increasingly designed for juvenile | | | | to the maximum, in order to bring out their best. |
| offenders. These troubled teens live and serve in | | | | Boot camps end with elaborate ceremonies, where |
| boot camps, while they are given training on how to | | | | degrees or awards are given to the passed out |
| live better in society. They are also taught some | | | | candidates. |