A negative effect of offering free education to working class youth is that you aren't fully giving them the truth about what comes after the education. Jessica Lynch states, "...even if it did mean going over there, but I never actually thought I'd get hurt or anything" (479). Lynch continues to talk about how she "...[wasn't] ready for an ambush attack" (479). The army lured her in with the thoughts that everything would go swimmingly, AND on top of that they would get a free education.
They also stated that she would get to travel around the world. This also is a complete twist of the truth. "It was completely not what [she expected]" and "[She was expecting] at least roads. But all that was really there was sand" (Gibbs and Stengel 479). You let the working class youth expect something extravagant or at least something more than what they were coming from. Instead, they're getting something much worse, and on top of that, they have to kill people they won't know and somehow will have to live with that on their conscience. Some people can't live with that, and the army doesn't inform you of any of this, much less prepare you for it.