I'm here to answer your unanswered ???s'

KPMOM
Tue, 04 Mar 2008 19:31:43 +0000

I think you have some valid gripes. Maybe there is a proper channel to express your thoughts and experiences. I think there are things that need to be corrected, but I’m not willing to throw the baby out with the bathwater. There are also many good things going on at KP.

No, I do not just come in contact with plebes. In fact I have had personal contact with close to 400 of the midshipmen, and they are wonderful. For all the complaints that you have, there are many more things to admire.

You mentioned that same fellow twice. Maybe that is the thing that you can’t get past, the unfairness of how he got away with things, and then got recognized at the end. Life is not fair, and the longer you live the more you will find that. It’s how we deal with life that makes a difference in who we become. So many people become very angry and bitter, while others take a deep breath, sigh, and don’t allow themselves to become bitter. THEN if there is a chance to do something about it, or change things THEY ACT. Hopefully, that is where your energy will be expended, in acting.

Sorry if I sound like a Mom, I am that, but I’m just communicating my thoughts based on what you wrote. You have a right to be angry. You also have a right to do something about it through the proper channels. My suggestion would be that you not let it eat you inside. Then you will be hurt twice. Once when those things happened, and again as the bile comes up in your throat when you rehearse it again. It’s as if it just happened again.

I am an optomist. I believe that with time, and people handling things through proper channels, corrections will be made. It may be slow but the corrections will come. I believe that there is much good going on at the academy.