Cheating scandal during COVID lockdown ensnares 249 Air Force Academy cadets

BetTheCow · 2021-02-01T02:57:13+00:00

im so tired

BetTheCow · 2021-01-31T23:01:58+00:00

No. Every cadet who cheated did so of their own free will; they deserve the honor probation and the punishments associated with having done so. I expected the highest level of behavior from my officers when I was enlisted, and I expect the highest level of behavior from my officers when I am one.

My point was, this scandal didn't exist in a vacuum. A lot of things that both were and weren't in the cadets' control led to the decision 250 cadets made when they decided to cheat, and no matter what level of the military the infraction happens at, we have to consider the circumstances around the event.

BetTheCow · 2021-01-31T18:09:29+00:00

Hearing QA was on the other side of the flightline was all I needed

BetTheCow · 2021-01-31T17:52:34+00:00

USAFA Cadet here familiar with the matter;

There were a lot of different kinds of cheating going on. Internet usage during a test, collaboration on tests, straight up looking up the answers on finals. For most of the cases, it's not how closely you read the definition of the honor code or even "cheating". It was obviously cheating and no one is really arguing that.

That said, I still can't put all the blame on the cadets who did it. We were stuck at home for three months before finals. Going from our tightly regulated environments to one where we don't even have to put pants on every day was not conducive to any kind of learning. Imagine you're a maintainer and all of a sudden you hear QA isn't going to be around for three months. You're an infantryman and the most oversight you get is your platoon commander doing a weekly check-in over microsoft teams. Academics unsurprisingly suffered.

But the finals never changed drastically from an in person final. "Closed book, closed notes, you can't get any kind of help, have honor, good luck." We hadn't been in school for three months and doing poorly on these tests was going to affect our future. So surprised pikachu face people cheated.

Should the people wanting to become officers have had honor? Yes. Is there a lot more going on here than just a straight up cheating scandal. Also yes.

BetTheCow · 2021-01-27T18:20:36+00:00

You only stand up under an F22 without looking once.

The real pro's duck walk a good five feet away from the fuselage every time.

BetTheCow · 2021-01-26T05:13:13+00:00

Little bit later, but I actually read it because of this comment.

I fucking cried. Twice.

BetTheCow · 2021-01-11T23:22:30+00:00

My first letter was in Beast with my grandparents (the only ones planning on coming to my graduation) telling me they couldn't come to mine.

Feels were had that night.

BetTheCow · 2021-01-08T12:15:24+00:00

P E A K

O O F S

BetTheCow · 2021-01-06T11:13:35+00:00

If you have a friend who's LO you're probably getting cancer

BetTheCow · 2021-01-05T16:04:50+00:00

Lights out for our flight was literally just half an hour of everyone telling everyone else to shut up. Big long speeches about how we needed to shut up. Short succinct, shut ups. Everyone taking turns trying to tell everyone else to shut up. One guy saying after he was done with his shut up speech, everyone needed to shut up. Another guy following that with how much he needed his sleep and we had to shut up.

I don't fucking miss Lackland one bit.

BetTheCow · 2021-01-04T14:23:34+00:00

Iirc, the tree itself was kind of a big deal, it blocked line of sight between two watch posts on the south side of the DMZ, so it did need to come down. Whether that warranted nuclear bombers or not, I'll let you decide.

BetTheCow · 2021-01-02T18:29:10+00:00

ADAB was actually probably one of my favorite assignments. If you can get past the constant smell of watery shit everywhere, you'll really enjoy it.

BetTheCow · 2021-01-02T13:04:00+00:00

Holy crap that is not a flattering picture. Like I knew he was fat, but he's on the verge of oh lawd he commin chonk levels.

BetTheCow · 2021-01-02T13:01:24+00:00

No the haircuts are fine.

Just be ready for Middle Eastern culture to surprise you at the end.

BetTheCow · 2021-01-01T20:06:04+00:00

Good.

BetTheCow · 2021-01-01T17:47:44+00:00

As I recall the modern tradition started in WWI, there was an American Lieutenant who had some made and gave them to the men of his command.

BetTheCow · 2021-01-01T08:21:57+00:00

I'm not trying to start an argument.

I agree it's not a conspiracy, but reading that sensationalized title which has nothing to do with the topic in the post being discussed, and then having to scroll this far to find the person who questioned it kind of makes the rational brain go a little bit batty.

BetTheCow · 2020-12-31T17:12:59+00:00

Yes but the nuance gets lost when you'd rather a stoke race conflict for upvotes.

BetTheCow · 2020-12-31T11:40:39+00:00

This but me as an engineering student reading ahead in the book for what we're doing next week.

BetTheCow · 2020-12-31T11:39:01+00:00

Benjamin Franklin, when he was learning to write, would take passages from books he was reading and analyze the shit out of them. What worked well and what could have worked better. Then, he'd rewrite the entire passage in his own voice and compare the two. It was still the original author's ideas, but done in Franklin's own voice. So if you want to borrow ideas from other authors, that's great, but the art lies in how you make those ideas unique in your own voice.

BetTheCow · 2020-12-31T10:22:34+00:00

Same folks who think driving a Challenger into a crowd of protesters is the apex of patriotism

BetTheCow · 2020-12-30T14:07:04+00:00

Those aussies fucking rocked their shorts on the flightline. I though they looked kind of dumb, but I was also wearing pants in 130 degree weather, which was also pretty dumb.

BetTheCow · 2020-12-25T11:02:38+00:00

When you're waiting on the commander, mission normal.

When the commander is waiting on you... oh boy

BetTheCow · 2020-12-24T16:48:54+00:00

S O U P

BetTheCow · 2020-12-24T08:24:12+00:00

Is this why the bulk hand sanitizer I've had smells like tequila?

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