A bright kid, keeps his nose clean, pays attention to the folks and the teachers & gets good grades can go to flight school, earn his wings and before he's barely old enuff to vote, the Navy gives him a multi-mach jet fighter to go have a ball with.
On the other hand, screw off, thumb yer nose at yer parents and the system, pretty soon all the choice you got is workin fer McDonalds or the Infantry.
The Promise of America.
