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<li><p>I didn’t really state that as well as I should have. I could care less about diversity of race, color, or creed. I’m just more interested in the teaching. I feel like the majority of the professors are conservative, so in our classes we wouldn’t be forced to think critically about going to war in Afghanistan. Or, if we were, the overwhelming majority would say it was the right thing to do. While that’s not a statement in either direction, and I personally agree with it, I just feel like having a more liberal educational experience would be better intellectually as it would force me to develop my ideas fully in order to support them. </p></li>
<li><p>Again, my mistake on not wording it as well. I meant this more as to once a graduate is in the fleet. I feel like a economics major from a liberal arts university who did OCS is going to think more about ways to improve the fleet than someone who’s been told for the last 4 years that, “This is the Navy way and it’s the right way.” I’m doing an internship at a naval base near where I live and there is a prevailing attitude that ‘Oh, the Navy knows best’, when in reality, it may not. I just feel like I want to have a more open and critical mind that the Academy may not provide?</p></li>
<li><p>That’s a good point, thank you. Do you know how? Isn’t there a lights out policy?</p></li>
<li><p>My mistake for not researching that more. Thanks for the information! </p></li>
<li><p>I know, but sacrifices for what? I understand sacrifices for my country, etc. but…why for this? ROTC units have a week indoctrination session before the year starts, and they’re still commissioned as naval officers at the same time. </p></li>
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<p>And part of the reason for my shift was I used to be very reclusive with minimal social life, a hatred of school and learning about anything not related to the military, so there was absolutely nothing bad about the Academy (I didn’t care about having a typical college experience and all the Navy-related learning would be a bonus), but I’ve shifted in mindset. So I have friends who I do stuff with and I enjoy learning about all sorts of things that aren’t related to the military. And, I know that in the end I want to serve…so I’m just not sure.</p>