JMPO, but I feel like this thread should be combined with another thread on this site.
http://www.serviceacademyforums.com/showthread.php?t=23015
It appears cadets and recent grads feel much differently than some older generation posters...
my age.
As for my generation...we all raised amazing kids, we took pride when they flew the coop as a sign they were the best and the brightest. Now all of the sudden when they had a snowball fight where some were bruised and bumped we as a parents want them to be protected! We want traditions to end because our child might be hurt.
Honestly, I do see it as a helo parent issue.
Want to make issues with what is wrong in the SA/ADAF world, there are plenty...spice, sexual assaults, cheating, etc. Snowball fight, IMPO shouldn't even rank #999 out of 1000.
Yes, it is our tax dollars. Yes, they are the future leaders, but what does it say when you lambaste the system your child is in? It says to me...distrust.
They are 18-22 yr old kids. They had a flipping snowball fight that got out of control. Would you be calling the dean at HYPPSM if you read on Drudge 27 students out of 4000 were injured with minor injuries and demanding more from any of those schools? If so, you proved my point this is a helo issue. If not you need to ask why you wouldn't. Many of these kids take federal loans and grants...your tax dollars.
Before we go down the rabbit hole of injuries and AD world, please link any link that proves 1 cadet was medically turned back.
As Christcorp and Tigger have stated this is a forum, and it is hard to gauge intonation. I am doing my own pre-emptive strike. I am not trying to be antagonistic, just saying ask yourself why this is a huge issue. Why you would place these kids at a higher level than yourself. Are you willing to say you are not equal to them regarding personal values and leadership? I love our DS. I am dang proud of him as a person, but I believe he is the man he is because what Bullet and I instilled in him as parents. JMPO, but that is how I feel as a parent, and why I believe this is a non-issue.