It's sad that you choose to be a blind follower. I want to understand why an order or rule has to be followed. The very least you can do to try and become a leader is to be informed and not be ignorant. If you don't know the answer, maybe someone else does?
It's sad that you choose to be a blind follower. I want to understand why an order or rule has to be followed. The very least you can do to try and become a leader is to be informed and not be ignorant. If you don't know the answer, maybe someone else does?
Cool thing with this forum is that one can ask questions and you get a mix bag of pertinent and varied perspectives thrown in with disagreement or debunked assumptions. I am not mad or in disagreement. Simply a query so I can be enlightened. Thanks.
It's sad that you choose to be a blind follower. I want to understand why an order or rule has to be followed. The very least you can do to try and become a leader is to be informed and not be ignorant. If you don't know the answer, maybe someone else does?
Cool thing with this forum is that one can ask questions and you get a mix bag of pertinent and varied perspectives thrown in with disagreement or debunked assumptions. I am not mad or in disagreement. Simply a query so I can be enlightened. Thanks.
One take away I have from the Academy and being commissioned now since May 2012 is that you won't always have all the answers. Sometimes your job is to salute and follow orders. This is one of those times.
Now, feel free to continue to be mad about having to go to football games. Head to the tailgate pissed off, and I can guarantee that's how you'll be throughout the game. But heck, if you maybe try to do what raimius suggested and sit closer to the field you might have a better time. Or, do you have any ideas about how to make the games more enjoyable? Throw them out. Get that conversation started.
http://www.csindy.com/coloradosprings/the-air-force-academys-committed-to-its-academic-booster-program-but-at-what-cost/Content?oid=2788770I can't help but disagree with this completely.
Of course prep is not the goal- if you had asked me, Fry, Blahukahuna, etc... two years ago, we all had high hopes and fingers crossed for the C/O 2016. However, things do not always go as planned; especially considering that year was one of the most competitive in academy history.
We were offered an additional year of prep because the academy saw something valuable in us. Perhaps we did not get the best ACT scores or 4.2 GPAs; but we showed strong qualities of leadership, character, and tenacity in the face of adversity. We accepted the challenge of an additional year, and like it or not, passed with flying colors. As opposed to looking at ourselves as failures for not getting an appointment the first time around, we saw this as a learning opportunity and a year to grow. I do not regret my decision because it has matured and humbled me. I am even more impressed with self preps, who work incredibly hard to make their dreams come true. I hope that one day we can all aspire to achieve that level of commitment.
Blake impresses me because he is already looking at his options if he does not make it in this year. It is best to prepare for the worst, and to not be disappointed in yourself if you do not make it in the first time around. Needing a year of prep is nothing to be ashamed of, and should certainly not be treated as such.
On a side note, the success rate of Falcon Foundation Scholars is 95%; and the graduation rate is just as high. In fact, higher than that of direct appointees. If you would like more information, feel free to check this out:
http://www.usafa.org/Documents/FalconFoundation/Checkpoints092012-FalconFoundationAdvantage.pdf
http://www.csindy.com/coloradosprings/the-air-force-academys-committed-to-its-academic-booster-program-but-at-what-cost/Content?oid=2788770
"Most of those who graduate the prep school will get an academy appointment, even if their academic performance remains below the academy’s minimum standards."
Really?
My success won't necessarily work for everyone, but since you want an example of "following through" with an activity, here goes.
-C/Capt in the CAP. National Blue Beret twice (second time as a flight commander), Civic Leadership Academy, Regional Cadet Leadership School, and Encampment. Cadet Commander and Honor guard commander for my unit. VFW COY medal, yada yada yada.
-Several hundred hours of community service (if not thousands) in school and other local programs, including one where i racked up almost 400 hours in 3 years.
-Track/XC varsity.
Will admissions take your CAP resume, or will there at least be a portion on the application where you can list every major activity you've done in CAP? ie. I just applied for COS/NBB/Hawk/PJOC today, I've staffed multiple Encampments, CC for my own squadron, soon to be C/Capt, etc? And would you count staffing an encampment or NCSA for community service hours?
Also, for sports, I'm currently a Varsity runner for XC and Track. Due to an injury, I had to miss a few meets mid-season which lead to me not being able to run State, and lettering, so I don't have as many Varsity letters as I could have had. On applications, if you letter at least 1-2 in your high school year, is that any different from lettering 3-4 years, or do they take into account how many times you've lettered exactly?
Sorry for the detailed questions. Thanks for your help!