'didn't make a lot of sense.' <--- that right there is a quote because i put quotations directly around something that you stated. Hornet didn't use quotations properly becuase I never actually said "harsh opinions" directly. I was just being a grammar nazi because i couldn't think of a better comeback
And don't worry. Hornet will never command me.
I must be on the other end of the spectrum. Not only have a I seen people make mistakes over four years at an academy, I've reported them for doing so (honor cases) and they were recommended for disenrollment.
Does breaking a serious rule make someone a bad, evil person? Generally, no.
Does breaking a serious rule mean they should be held accountable? Absolutely 100% of the time.
What this kid did was stupid. It wasn't an innocent mistake. And, in my mind, his spot can be better used by someone with better judgement. We can't ask people to change their pasts, but we can hold them accountable for their current conduct. When they slip up in a serious way….. let them burn.
Isn't learning from a mistake enough? Must they "burn" as well to satisfy you?
Not really into that grace, mercy or compassion stuff are you?
Isn't learning from a mistake enough? Must they "burn" as well to satisfy you?
Not really into that grace, mercy or compassion stuff are you?
Grace and mercy are between him and God, not him and the Air Force.
Learning from a mistake isn't the same as being excused from a mistake. The lesson is, other opportunities can be wasted because of a poor decision, not that everyone has second chances to take idiotic actions.
How do you "learn from a mistake" if you don't pay the consequences from those actions? I'm sorry but bluntly- anyone this short sighted and foolish has no call on my sympathy. This wasn't a freak accident, there was no coercion to do this, nor are there unforseen consequences to these actions (the OP knows this- whcih is why they posted to begin with) & no unrealistic understandings of the conditions upon which they were entering. The OP knew full well the consequences of his actions- and did them anyway- and that's the person that you wish to show compassion and mercy to and tell them "it's ok- you just forget aout it head off to one of the most highly sought after educational opportunities in the world- because I think you really will be a great officer"? I have a better idea- think of this as an opportunity for a more deserving person to go to USAFA and save your compassion for those who rate it- which does not include this person who is willing to throw it all away in order to "experiment" with what they were told up front they can not do.
So humans don't extend grace, mercy and compassion to one another? I respectfully disagree with that position. I doubt that I would still be married or that my children would have survived childhood if a lot of grace, mercy and compassion weren't swirling around this house!
And no one in your book gets a second chance? Really? That's pretty sad.
I have overstepped my boundaries and I do apologize if I offended you. But I will rephrase it. Yes, even I the highschooler, am well aware that cadets/midshipmen at service academies are not perfect. However, I was saying that this OP did something that is not only illegal in most states, but was something strictly prohibited by the AFA. You say I should back off on my corrections because I'm going to a place where I shouldn't be correcting people 247 (which i understand), but what about the OP? You aren't worried that he/she is going to go to AFA and break more rules? and do things he/she is strictly told not to do?
The only reason I said that the OP doesn't deserve it anymore is because there are candidates out there who are just as qualified or slightly less qualified than this OP, who wouldn't have made the decision that the OP did, given the opportunity to "smoke a joint".
I mean, are the points that I am bringing up completely wrong? If so, please (in all honesty) correct me. but if not, I would appreciate it if you didn't flame on me for simply expressing my opinions.
Your comment about the OP was never the issue.