The entrance requirements are incredibly tough; VERY competitive. They look at grades (including the usual SAT and/or ACT), athletics, leadership, community involvement, etc., etc. (aka "The Whole Man" concept). The overwhelming majority are great kids; the type you'd be proud to see wearing a uniform and a pair of wings. Do bad apples slip in? Of course. Sure, they undergo numerous interviews as well..........but it isn't hard to "fake it". I'd be willing to bet that a fair number of these "bad" ones were varsity jocks that were recruited for particular sports (especially football), but I don't know for sure.
These kids definitely reflect the society around them and the households that raised them. We need to clean house..........all OVER this country, not just the Academies.
RightOnline, USAFA Class of '77
It's a shame that some bad apples reflect on these schools. But in this particular case, the apples were pretty wide-spread, and I hope it's not a portent of more such things to come.
Rot is setting in in so many of our institutions, including the justice system, politicians, the churches, the media and entertainment world, you name it. We have to be eternally vigilant. We know every case of young people gone astray can't be blamed on parents.
To me, it's also the influences of political correctness, godlessness, creeping socialism and of course, Klintonism.
Leni