Many Mids are upset by changes

[NativeTexan]

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Let’s not forget that USNA is the undergraduate college of the Navy and it’s reputation for academic excellence was very important for most candidates when considering institutions of higher education.

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<p>That is very true. The academics and leadership training sealed the deal for my Mid as did it for many of his friends and roommates. He could have done ROTC or even OCS but he chose USNA as an academic option based on the quality of the academics.</p>

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USNA became a yacht club a few years back…</p>

<p>new Supt is desirous that the Brigade raises the bar here before they attempt to go forth and save the rest of the world or follow JPJ in their “liberal” education.</p>

<p>talk to countless midshipmen annually. I am not disappointed in what I see.</p>

<p>were so bent on finding fault in the mandatory meals, that they stormed out, whining, crying, and spreading unfounded rumors, rather than exercise the in-place system?</p>

<p>I was not a huge fan of the management style of the previous administration and am happy to see, what appears to be his exact opposite, replace him…

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<p>Bottom Line Folks USNA69 did not like Admiral Rempt. It is and was perfectly acceptable (to him) that he can and will speak in distain for the former Superintendent but chastises the rest of us for having an opinion on the current administration. Everything comes back to * In my time…* </p>

<p>Memory always tells us that our time was the best of times, it could have possibly been the worst of times and memory has conveniently “forgotten” that aspect of being a Mid. Maybe you just were so tuned into being a Mid that problems on the yard, in the Brigade, he**, the world may not have registered with you. In your time there were no women at USNA did that make it right? Your time evolved into today’s time…very different generations, very different ways for achieving the same or better results. So you want to turn the clock back to 1969…. Women pack your bags!</p>

<p>You talk to Midshipmen annually, you are not disappointed - then how can you come on here and slam today’s Mids…continually blaming them for “today’s problems” in the Brigade (What ever you think those problems are since the Supe did not indicate that there were any.) Blaming them, surmising that they “stormed out, whining, crying, and spreading unfounded rumors, rather than exercise the in-place system?” How can you possible draw that conclusion and state it almost like fact here. IMO that screams of total disrespect for the Brigade.</p>

<p>The whole liberal education argument sounds like “I was an Engineer, you need to be and Engineer” It does not matter. A liberal Education will give each midshipman the tools to think through a problem. Heck – Undergraduate degrees in engineering are not even a requirement for graduate work in engineering. You do not need to be an “educated engineer” to do technical work. I am an Engineer, I work in an engineering field, many in my office are field engineers who do not have engineering degrees - The best engineer that I have has a degree in economics - it does not matter. </p>

<p>“This is how us old goats did it” Time for the old goat to let it go…</p>