Rejected and Hopless Veteran

_tisthetruth
Thu, 03 May 2007 01:10:42 +0000

To SmileDarling- Your assessment is an overreaction. I was not harping.

However, to accuse UCLA of betrayal for denying an applicant because of his poor academic record and in spite of his military service is not only immature but also arrogant.

What made you think that the misspelling of “hopeless” somehow ticked me off? I did post that correction but deleted it because I found it trivial. I’m not the type of person who’s ticked off by spelling errors.

“More specifically, have you ever had a job that you didn’t particularly care for but tried to do a good job anyway because that’s the sort of person you are?”
A regular job should not be equated with military service, unless it involves killing people.

Yes, I’ve had a job that I didn’t care for but in which I put great effort. However, the difference is that I exerted the unnecessary effort for personal satisfaction only (I could have tried less and earned the same amount of money); I did not brag about some award like military decorations and expect something I did not rightfully deserve. So no, I was not being a hypocrite.

“Let me clue you in because you’re probably still living at home or in a dorm that your parents pay for - it’s not.”
I consider this a personal attack. I’m paying for my own college education, btw.