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Originally Posted by Razor
I'm going to have to pick that book up to see what she has to say. Unless she was interviewing folks that were cadets prior to the 1970s, she didn't interview anyone that had been truly 'hazed' as a Plebe. Even the moderate stressors I faced in the late 80's are magnitudes greater than what today's cadets face, as evidenced by resignation rates out of Cadet Basic Training that hovered around 100 a generation ago, but today run less than 15.
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Wow! Interesting stuff.
I know a few West Point grads. Across the age range of mid 20's to about 60. A genuinely solid group of friends and capable, hard working Americans. Not blowing smoke.
I wonder if there's records going back to inception of student acceptance #'s, # of cadet's showing up for day 1, # that make it thru their first year?
Long term trends would be quite interesting to see.
I'm visiting Navy Academy to meet a Professor running a Summer class. I'm keen to meet some of their senior year cadets.
IIRC Angela Duckworth mentioned a fairly high attrition rate between day 1 cadets and those not who finish the 1st year and/or go on to graduate.
I have to admit when I first read it and even now, the idea of a self scored test with just a few multiple choice questions having high correlation with successful outcome too good to be true. But it sounds credible/legit.
Although in having said that, that guy Greg Mortensen who wrote "Three Cups of Tea" and "Stones into Schools" turned a BS story into a "business model" until he got burned on 60 Minutes.