You have a bunch of people who can’t seem to see the forest for the trees. It’s an inspirational story of a man who overcame obstacles to graduate in the top 10% of his class and who is looking forward to serving his country and they can’t see past their own biases to see that.
Indeed.
Thank you! I’m pleased you saw the need to express that observation.
There are times for that particular bias and this wasn't one of them.
Some people speak because they have something to say and some people speak because they have to say something.