Soooo... at first as a parent I was pretty irk'ed by the tone of some of the mids on this thread but then as I've said I'm not and have never beeen a helocpter parent. And as someone who went through this circus almost 30 years ago I can understand the sentement from yogijer: "Why do you care? You don't have to pass them." It is true and really this is one thing you as a poarent not having gone or going through this aspect of the Regiment first hand will never fully understand.
If you're asking to try and understand and be supportive of something frustrating you child, I can only say you'll never really understand it - nor will they probably till they are upper classmen and have to administer this aspect of the training. Sometimes they are used to manufacture some pressure on the Plebe Class; sometimes they aare administered in a way that requires teamwork such as making everyone in the company answer every question EXAACTLY the same way else they are all wrong, etc... Bottom line they'll have to pass what is it these days 8 or 10 of em, the criteria at times will seem arbitrary, the way theya re graded will at times seem capricious, and all that will go on along with Spirit Missions, and other "Recognition Steps" until they are all met AND the First Class and the Commandant's Staff are comfortable that the Class of 2013 is a cohesive, group of Mids commited to helping each other through the process and challeges it takes to get through Academy Life AND they understand the core values of the Regiment and the reasons and rhymes for the good traditions that are Kings Point (note there are some bad traditions that Administration after Administration works to get to go away - I'm not talking about those...)
Not trying to pontificate, just explaining to the upper classmen here with snide remarks why a parent might care about the answer to the question and to other parents about why upper class mids might be a little callous in the tone of their comments.
Acta Non Verba....