AFDAD, Wasn't making any assumptions at all. I didn't believe any of the things I put out myself. I was just trying to get a dialogue started. I imagine the cadets are being watched pretty closely right now and perhaps ordered not to comment.
We are all one big family and may occassionaly tease and fight among ourselves as families do, but a slap by the media to one is most often a slap to all. I just want to understand why this Whitaker guy tried to tie the semester GPA to the cheating allegations, if, in fact, he really did. If I were jumping to conclusions, I would think that he were trying to imply with a "hey, look what we had to work with" type statement and shifting the blame. Not a good military response. However, I am sure there is more. Someday, I hope to find out why. Thanks for the insight. Quoting only one person though to develop a hypothesis, I am going to have to sic WP on you for relevancy. However, we only have to look at numbers of Rhodes Scholars and other prestigious fellowships to counter that comment.
Actually my first thought was that the alleged low achievement was morale related. I first wondered if perhaps it was the war in Iraq maybe and then remembered the recent reduction in force measures which has to have a huge negative effect on AF morale. But neither of these really makes any sense for first year AFA cadets.
Interesting thought on one of your comments though. My understanding is that the USNA supt really started stressing physical fitness with the Class of 2010, commencing with letters even before their arrival on I-Day. He thinks this increased time, effort, and emphasis on PT is one of the primary contributing factors in the overall outstanding performance of the class.
We are all one big family and may occassionaly tease and fight among ourselves as families do, but a slap by the media to one is most often a slap to all. I just want to understand why this Whitaker guy tried to tie the semester GPA to the cheating allegations, if, in fact, he really did. If I were jumping to conclusions, I would think that he were trying to imply with a "hey, look what we had to work with" type statement and shifting the blame. Not a good military response. However, I am sure there is more. Someday, I hope to find out why. Thanks for the insight. Quoting only one person though to develop a hypothesis, I am going to have to sic WP on you for relevancy. However, we only have to look at numbers of Rhodes Scholars and other prestigious fellowships to counter that comment.
Actually my first thought was that the alleged low achievement was morale related. I first wondered if perhaps it was the war in Iraq maybe and then remembered the recent reduction in force measures which has to have a huge negative effect on AF morale. But neither of these really makes any sense for first year AFA cadets.
Interesting thought on one of your comments though. My understanding is that the USNA supt really started stressing physical fitness with the Class of 2010, commencing with letters even before their arrival on I-Day. He thinks this increased time, effort, and emphasis on PT is one of the primary contributing factors in the overall outstanding performance of the class.
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