2/7Marine0311 said:
I was told by an old ag that when Rudder opened Texas A&M for women that cadets marched with torches on his house.Now when they get butt hurt they hide behind the internet. What kind of Limp D**K ****** baggery is this?
This is faulty logic because it isn't like those cadets back then achieved their end result with their violent protest.
Now we have a group of cadets that are trying to protect what they value through a civil discourse. It isn't hiding on the internet as far as I'm concerned. The cadets have NO power and if they were to openly voice their opinion I can absolutely see them being kicked out or removed from whatever position they have. It is silly for armchair quarterbacks to get on here and say they should go in mass to the trigon and demand these changes not take place or else they will all quit. These cadets have worked for years and you want them to give that up in order to voice their opinion to those that likely won't listen anyways?
Why the push for 3,000 by 2020? Quotas like this never make sense. Correctly me if I'm wrong but isn't 2,600 full strength for the 12 quad dorms? Why compromise on quality the sake of growth? I 100% agree that scholastics should be the number one priority. In my day I felt like we had a very pro scholastics intent. Being able to red card 8-4 and 3 hours of CQ every night was very key to my success. I don't ever remember that being infringed upon and took it very seriously when I was the Scholastics Sgt/Officer. It's very likely there were outfits then and today that don't value scholastics and I would agree with removing leadership if their cadets don't perform scholastically. When I was a cadet I did hear from some guys (class of '80's or so) that came back the 2.0 and go slogan but remember thinking that was pretty silly.
There needs to be a balance. A cadet with a 4.0 that is a fatbody, looks bad in uniform, and doesn't participate is just as much as a failure as the cadet with the 2.0 that is the most wired in the entire Corps. The hours from 6-8 and 4-7:30 should still be protected for PT, Corps training, etc. The document talks about white belt apathy. I think the largest cause of apathy among white belts back in the day was that they had no impact upon the outfit. Further removing decisions from the outfit level will only cause further apathy. Give people a sense of purpose and ownership if you want to curb apathy. Putting a bunch of yes people in positions isn't what good leaders do. Fish aren't fish their entire freshman year? HUH?
Oh well I'm 20 years out so what do I know.. One thing I know is that if you water something down so much that it appeals to the lowest common denominator then it causes the adverse effect for those seeking a challenge. I've seen this first hand with my sons in scouts and athletics.
