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<p>It sucks being at that bottom, but it has its uses. When you do get into a leadership position its good to remember what it was like to be at the bottom. And as far as the issue with “sirs” and “ma’ams” goes… welcome to the military. I still feel weird when people old enough to be my father call me sir all the time. However, our military and every other successful military in history are dependent on a very structured hierarchy where there is a definite line between the leaders and those being led. The use or “sir” and “ma’am” is simply a manifestation of that line… On a side note, if one of the things you hate most about plebe year is calling upperclass sir than you should probably count yourself lucky. </p>
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<p>In my experience finals week was great because it was the one time when upperclass didn’t touch you and you could sleep in your rack whenever you wanted, plus formations, and chow calls, were minimal. Although I guess if you’ve been off all calls since week one then maybe it may not be that big of a deal. As for pro quizzes, do you guys even have come arounds? </p>
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<p>Old Grads should earn our respect because they were naval officers. We shouldn’t drop our sirs and ma’ams with current officers, nor should we do it with retired officers. Going even further, we should never blatantly try to give them an order. On this forum its obvious that certain posters who are on all the time are grads. Yes the may be writing under a certain screen name, but that doesnt change the fact that they were officers… I’m not trying to say that we should be worshipping the ground that they walk on. Its perfectly fine to have a discussion, even an argument with an old grad, but to demand that they do something is entirely unacceptable.</p>