It seems that some leaders "sell" the SGT rank to new Soldiers

In all my units, it seems that we will speak to a new Soldier saying something similar to "get your waiver for SPC so you can get to WLC and promoted to SGT, you're good at PT and your high speed". When I was a private, SGT was a rank that was hard to earn, it took far more than good APFT scores and doing my job. It took constant initiative, taking charge constantly, knowing every aspect of my MOS, showing my ability to write an effective counseling, proving my ability to take care of Soldiers under me, but top of all that, they wanted us to experience "private life" for awhile, because those who spend more time as a private through specialist, then earn the rank of SGT and above, are usually the ones who never forget how it felt to work hard to earn their stripes. Just because a Soldier is eligible for promotion (TIS and TIG) doesn't mean they have put in the real time to earn that rank. If a new Soldier can go to Korea as a PFC and come back as a SGT, that's the wrong image we are portraying. It makes the SGT rank look like that person has been in for a specific amount of time and done some good things so now their a SGT.