My reasoning is lost on you guys. I give up. If you refuse to believe some people may enjoy things most don't I will let you have your bubble of thought .
I refuse to believe that people enjoy these things because I have never seen them enjoy it, and while at an academy of 4,000 it might be nice to assume that some people are having a good time, in an academy of under 1,000 where you know all of your classmates, you kind of know.
Now, I remember before I went....
"We're going to be in the military, march around, wear uniforms, live the dream, be that shining beacon on the hill, and be better people for it."
Once you get there the reality sets in that in that first year, you have very little say, that marching around also involved having deer flies bite you while you're trying to maintain military bearing, that wearing uniforms also means maintaining those uniforms and getting your butt handed to you when there's anything wrong with them, that the dream you had and the reality are not always the same things, that even a beacon on the hill accepts dirt bags and that having those dirtbags as "shipmates" will lead you to question is its even a beacon at all, and in the end....you probably will be a more complete person because of what you have gone through.
Now, once it all starts, it becomes relative. Will you think somethings are "Fun"? Sure. But looking back at the "fun" times we had, it's generally because they were "more fun" than being yelled at or going through "incentive training" and not because the average joe walking down the street would want to do it.
Also, a word of caution, if you get there, and you DO happen to think it's fun, don't be too vocal about that. The last thing you want to do is be the guy who's having all the "fun" while his classmates are miserable. I don't say that because the cadre would focus on you more, but instead because you would alienate many of your classmates. We had a kid like that in my swab summer platoon. Seemed like he was having fun, but he didn't make it through the first year.
So if you are "that guy" who has fun, don't let everyone know it. It can be demoralizing for a group when only one person is "not" miserable. Also, if you come off as having fun but you really aren't, generally people won't know you need the support of classmates (that we all needed at some point while we were there.)
Good luck! Try to have fun!!! Please don't be disappointed if it is not as fun as you had hoped. The career after will make up for it!!!