Posted on 11/25/2002 3:01:28 PM PST by I_Love_My_Husband
An attitude displayed seriously only by those with no knowledge of military service, or the cooperation (and rivalry) between the services. Base your knowledge of these 'reputations' on something besides the smart-alec comment of a high school graduate who is only beginning his journey in life. He will learn much in the years ahead of him in the service of his country, and one of the things he will learn is that the all the services all have roles and responsibilities in the defense of our nation. It actually speaks volumes of 'Thud' that he bases his opinion of the 'Sea Service' on the offhand comment of a teenager.
As to the investigation, the facts will reveal the truth, and if innocent, then they will be aquitted. And the reputation of the service academy will be based upon the fairness of application of the code. My personal opinion, and having graduated from there, is that this would not have been elevated to this level to begin with if there was not something to the charge.
-Eric
Two reasons: (a) the midshipmen at Annapolis are subject to the Honor Code, and (b) the Naval Academy computer network is heavily monitored for intrusion and internal misuse, which means that the downloads can be tied to specific midshipmen.
They cheated on the exams we took upon entry to see if we needed refresher English or math. They had a copy of the test and studied from it. Their "punishment" was to take the class, even though they passed.
If I buy an FAA exam guide, I can see every question I might be asked on a flight exam. Same fo the SAT, etc. Is that cheating?
No, because the question pool is openly available. Same principle with amateur radio licenses: all questions in the pool are available for study. Amateur radio exams are like a box of chocolates, you never know what you're gonna get.
No. There was some confusion in this case because we had to take four different tests. For two of the tests, the instructors put copies of old tests in the library for us to study from. There were explicit instructions that were not to use any other version of the test. We could not make copies and could not take copies out of the library. The other two did not. These two guys got a copy of a test from a former student (also an academy grad).
I don’t know what kind of performance reports these two got. I do know that one got out of the service less than a year after graduating. The other has since been promoted.
These profs are paid to teach and test. I put some responsibility on them to make sure their system is one where a students good intentions are not viewed as dishonorable.
As for this academy article, the determination of whether downloads were legal or not will be easily determined and the system must hold people accountable.
I am asking myself what responsibility the academy has for 'tempting' mids with internet access that might lead to abuse. At the same time I ask myself, don't todays taxpayer employed mids (I was one once) have better things to do like studying, sports, professional development, etc. Ultimately, character has always come down to individual responsibility, not the pressure of peers or environment.
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