RequiredBoat44
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If someone was to email West Point slandering you, would this be grounds for an appointment to be rescinded?
I agree as the word "slander" is oddly placed in this question. I would think it would apply the same to any entity. It depends on how much credence the entity would place on the information and if they want to investigate it or not. Also depends on what the information is.Are you saying you are being blackmailed?
I would think slander is certainly NOT grounds for an appointment to be rescinded. However, if someone brought credible information that would disqualify you, then my answer would be, I don't know. I suppose it would depend on whether USMA took it seriously and conducted its own investigation.
Honestly, this question/whatever situation you may be in strikes me as odd.
More like, things said online taken out of context. I'm wondering how seriously the academy would take this if someone sent this to them.I agree as the word "slander" is oddly placed in this question. I would think it would apply the same to any entity. It depends on how much credence the entity would place on the information and if they want to investigate it or not. Also depends on what the information is.
If the email is "this person is not nice and I don't like him.". Then It likely won't go to far.
If the email is "this person just got arrested for robbing a bank and I think USMA should know". It might get investigated alittle bit..
Thank you.I would not be worried about that. In the pantheon of things people can do--you were chosen by your nominating source (the president, your congressman, etc.) Do not worry about that.
Pretty much you would need something legal not just a nasty email that says you are not a nice person.
Something from your school--like being suspended or expelled--that would be an area of concern.
However, do not let these things both you. Don't borrow worry.
I agree with the above that social media posts might not be enough to pull a appointment (unless it is REALLY egregious which it sounds like it is not). Though this might be a great teaching moment to the applicant about personal security and making sure they understand that anything posted on anything over the internet will last forever. Don't say anything on social media you aren't willing to defend later in life.More like, things said online taken out of context. I'm wondering how seriously the academy would take this if someone sent this to them.
Fwiw teenagers act a lot different when they’re around adults as opposed to when it’s just other teenagers around.This is a good time to pass along what my DS's FFR told him after he accepted his appointment last year. "Stay away from your bone head friends (he used another word for it) who may want to party too much, wrap yourself in bubblewrap so you dont get injured, and for God's sake, stay off social media." Luckily my DS dosnt have "bonehead" friends, and doesnt post to social media. Bubblewrap... yes.
truthFwiw teenagers act a lot different when they’re around adults as opposed to when it’s just other teenagers around.
Fwiw teenagers act a lot different when they’re around adults as opposed to when it’s just other teenagers around.
Well that’s news to me. You know, I never was one, thanks for the info.Fwiw teenagers act a lot different when they’re around adults as opposed to when it’s just other teenagers around.
How do they get dropped before Beast starts?Well that’s news to me. You know, I never was one, thanks for the info.
Just don’t be one of the 5-10 Cadet Candidates that get dropped before they even start Beast… Just because you got in, doesn’t mean you can’t be dropped, it happens every year.
Murder or other felonies? Serious injury? Etc.How do they get dropped before Beast starts?