1. “We will not look like a bag of smashed assholes” - Drill Sergeant Vu
Translation: Appearances matter.
Have you ever actually seen a bag of smashed assholes? Because I haven't. I imagine something like a bunch of self-absorbed, narcissistic people in a bag, crushed. I never really cared about the way I present myself to others. I just wanted to be myself and was misunderstood in the process; but in the real world, appearances matter, A LOT. Now, don't let this scare you! You cans till be yourself, but know that you can manipulate the way people perceive you, and that is a trait to have. I mean, would you rather meet people that you can figure out how they are within the first 15 minutes into the conversation or someone that constantly surprises you?
2. “Straighten your back, you look like a fucking martian” - Drill Sergeant Vu
Translation: Posture equals confidence.
I don't know when a hunched back became a trend, but it needs to stop ASAP! Not only is it bad for your back, but also makes you look shorter. There is something about a person walking down the street with a good posture that makes you break your neck a little.
3. “The 6th principle of patrolling is: make it look sexy” - Drill Sergeant Vu
Translation: Put you're back into it!
You don't have to be sexy, to make it look sexy. Heck did you see the way Bella Hadid made eating pizza look sexy as hell? While I am over here struggling trying to get pizza sauce from getting in my hair! The point is, you can even be farting, but you gotta own that! So what if you look stupid in the process? Fake it, 'till yaaaa make it!
4/ “When the mind doesn’t comprehend, the body must pay” - Drill Sergeant Vu
Translation: Y'all about to do some push ups until your arms are numb!
Maybe your mind would be less of a cluster mess if you actually used it! If you forget your homework, I have to run through a flight of three floors just to get it! Your mind and your body must be one, they are here to help you if you let it. But with all these Instagram distractions, our minds have become our worse enemies! We can barely pay attention to anything, our attention span has shortened, and our people skills suck butt!
5. “Close your mouth, or a bird is going to shit in it” - Drill Sergeant Vu
Translation: Better safe than sorry.
This is probably the most valuable! People will take advantage of you, if you let them! This is the part of adulting that sucks! I mean, who wants to hear it? People are competing against you, not everyone, but most. Not everyone has good intentions, but the worse part is that most people are not aware they are being shitty, because we have made 'asshole' the norm.
