<p>Darla, thanks for the well wishes. I hope that my words don’t seem cynical, just observational.</p>
<p>p-piper, you are right. Everything that I say is being filtered through the people I associate with, as well as myself. The officers and NCO’s I have been drawn to have the same reactions as me, therefore most likely the evidence I have is biased. As I have said before, it is only my view. </p>
<p>-If you are at interested in an Academy, go there, visit it, spend the night with a plebe, talk to EVERYONE, and sort out your feelings for yourself.</p>
<p>There will be people all over the spectrum, that you talk to. People like me, who aren’t satisfied, and then people that enjoy every minute of it. Neither people are wrong, just different. This college choice is your’s, not you friends, parents, or mine. I’m only offering another view, and appreciate that p-piper can offer an intelligent, well thought through rebuttal.</p>