Friday, December 02, 2005

A few good men (played by movie semi-stars)

The trailer for the new movie Annapolis features the deep-voiced guy saying the following: "In the toughest military academy in the nation... if you want to become a leader... you have to get through one man..."

And immediately, I imagine my friend Ric, who just got tenure at the Naval Academy but who in another life was my rush chair in my fraternity. One of his favorite stories is that the main negative comment on his student evaluations one year were the complaints from the cadets thathe cut off his long hair. What I want to know is if he can make his students drop and give him 20. Because if I could do that, man, what a class I would have. ("I'm sorry, I haven't done the reading, nor do I have the paper due today. Can I have an exten-" "Drop down, student and count it out loud!!" Bwahahahaha.)

2 comments:

beautifulalexandria said...

Perhaps a sign that a little power can be intoxicating...

:)

Anonymous said...

Ric probably had a better chance in commanding the Dartmouth rushees to perform 20 spontaneous push-ups backthen than he does now with the Mids. Like the old adage says, youth is wasted on the young.