October 14, 201015 yr I had more than one stud WSO report to me that there had been "cheating" during the academics. Ugh. Don't you just want to slap them for that? Here's the speech we used to give on day 1 to the students at Nellis... "Guys, the threat here is not academics. Work together to get through the academic material and tests. The tests are more a learning/teaching tool than an evaluation of how well you understand the technical material we are teaching. We expect you to know this stuff before you fly which is why the academics are given ahead of the flying phase. Don't worry, there will be an evaluation of your ability to show practical application of the academic material in the jet. Let me be clear, the demonstration of your ability to teach in the air what you learned on the ground is the threat."
October 15, 201015 yr I saw this from the Navs I met when I was at Randolph for IFF... They were ruthless, far beyond anything I saw in Pensacola. "Cooperate to graduate" is more than just a nice saying... Gotta disagree. I thought Nav school was the epitome of "cooperate to graduate" (exception noted below) I have to admit our class was doing quite well until one person decided to "go rogue" and not share information. He used good relationships with fellow students to set a few up for failure just so he could get a better assignment. It didn't work, but he took a few others down with him. He is persona non grata in many of my fellow navs homes. So as a whole, I think "cooperate to graduate" was our slogan. We didn't leave anyone behind in academics and went out of our way to help those who "didn't get it". My class's average was higher than the previous 22 classes, so perhaps we were an anomaly, but I didn't see those problems in other classes either.
October 15, 201015 yr So as a whole, I think "cooperate to graduate" was our slogan. Really? Was that because you couldn't convince your bros that "Power Point to graduate" should be your slogan?
October 16, 201015 yr Really? Was that because you couldn't convince your bros that "Power Point to graduate" should be your slogan? ZING! Ha ha! That was hilarious...wait... To answer your question, yes. The rest of the GenY class wanted "Excel to graduate" and in the end we compromised on "cooperate to graduate", even though "cooperate" isn't a microsoft product Edited October 16, 201015 yr by BQZip01
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