Some questions about my mentor

pencil borrowed since Otter missed it.

Both good Colleges, but you're missing the spirit of why A&M is different. With both the Citadel and Virginia Military Institute you are REQUIRED to join their ROTC/Corps of Cadets. A&M Corps of Cadets stands out as a completely voluntary entity within the University.

ECU, we need to work on your reading comprehension.

VMI aka Virginia Military Institute.

Founded in 1839, the Virginia Military Institute is a four-year undergraduate college awarding B.A. and B.S. degrees. VMI is the nation’s first state-supported military college. From the beginning, the VMI experience has instilled the character traits of service to community and to others in its cadets.


All cadets complete leadership classes in one of the Institute’s four ROTC programs (Air Force, Army, Marines, or Navy).

While this places VMI outside the distinction placed on academies such as Annapolis or West point it is still a government funded school which requires preparation for military service.

The Citadel

While the Citadel is a public college, it does still require all students be a member of the Corps of Cadets, thus placing them in a simlar bracket to VMI in that while not a dedicated military college, you cannot attend without joining their Corps of Cadets.

A&M at a glance.

Located in College Station, Texas.

Home to more than 49,000 students, ranking as the sixth-largest university in the country, with more than 360,000 former students worldwide.

Holds membership in the prestigious Association of American Universities, one of only 63 institutions with this distinction.

Has an endowment valued at more than $5 billion, which ranks fourth among U.S. public universities and 10th overall.

Conducts research valued at more than $630 million annually, placing it among the top 20 universities nationally and third behind only MIT and the University of California at Berkeley for universities without medical schools.

Recognized as Home of the 12th Man, where students stand during football games to show support for the team - and for fellow Aggies - a personification of the Aggie Spirit.

Corps of Cadets is recognized among the nation's largest uniformed student bodies at more than 2,000 strong. Texas A&M commissions more officers than any other institution outside of the nation's service academies.

Named second in the nation by The Wall Street Journal among all universities, public and private, in a survey of top U.S. corporations, non-profits and government agencies, based on graduates that recruiters prefer to hire.

 

Speak for yourself Injun I tried to train all four of my wives and I ended up out on the street with nothing. So for me trying to train them did not work......

 

Ima Longhorn when did Aggies start driving big trucks? Just kidding as usual

 

Blue, the way she described her mentor to me, made me wonder whether she got stuck with the knucklehead you trained with.

 

After reading all of these mentor threads I have since joining TTR, I am beginning to think I had the only 2 good mentors ever.

 

It is human nature to complain before complimenting. Like any other animal, we respond faster to negative stimuli. Go figure.

 

Yea when she mentioned Harligen I thought she got my old smelly mentor but then he never talked about seeing Bigfoot.

 

How's that possible?

You were never on my truck!!!!

 

Haven't you learned yet?

Men can not train wives.
It is the wives that train the men.

If you want to train a wife, it has to be done from behind.
And that, usually backfires on you in the end.

Men are hopelessly outclassed, it seems.
Or, should that be... outcast?!