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Posted by: Chester Duncan
No. The S-II forget pretty much everything from their childhoods and thats how Halsey wanted it so that way they would never rebel since they forgot everything.
She wanted agents that could understand their orders, and not become soulless robots that obeyed everything without question. They were indoctrinated to have full trust in the UNSC but still retained their autonomy so that they could make decisions better, and understand their orders.
Removing their childhood wasn't the goal of the indoctrination because it would almost be a non-factor if they ever chose to rebel. It was to make them trust the UNSC in the here-and-now. Them losing their childhood was just a side effect, and made it easier to control them during training. Evidently, it didn't work.
Posted by: Chester Duncan
When the Spartans are dropped off and have to find a way back to base, John has some time to think and it tries to remember his past but he says that the life he lived before the S-II felt like nothing more then a dream.
Right...so it felt like a dream, as in he had limited memory of it. As in, not completely forgotten. Which was what I said. There is wriggle room. Halsey said herself that ONI's child psychologists were underestimating the candidates in the degree of retention that they would have of their past lives, which is evidently true when John sees someone he knew from his past life in Palace Hotel. Memories he never even knew he had just suddenly re-awoke. It happens sometimes, for instance with people who have Alzheimer's suddenly remembering everything upon seeing a single a familiar face or object, before slipping away again.
It was because it was never stated anywhere that their training program forbid any sort of recreational activities. Maybe I missed the reference though. Can you point out where that was mentioned?