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Milton · 02-12-2008, 04:50 PM

Gumby, please see my previous posts.

I'm not particularly interested in getting into an argument, which would serve no purpose and will just cause unnecessary hard feelings.

If anyone believes the service academies are top academic institutions, that's fine with me ... we are all entitled to our own opinions.

P.S. Regarding Winston Churchill: he was a graduate of Sandhurst, so he knew a thing or two about military academies. While he was well-educated, he was essentially self-taught via books and did quite poorly in formal education (see generally My Early Life). His command of English developed largely because his masters at Harrow judged him too dim to cope with Latin and Greek!

02-12-2008, 04:50 PM	#55
Milton Thinks s/he gets paid by the post Join Date: Apr 2007 Posts: 1,118	Gumby, please see my previous posts. I'm not particularly interested in getting into an argument, which would serve no purpose and will just cause unnecessary hard feelings. If anyone believes the service academies are top academic institutions, that's fine with me ... we are all entitled to our own opinions. P.S. Regarding Winston Churchill: he was a graduate of Sandhurst, so he knew a thing or two about military academies. While he was well-educated, he was essentially self-taught via books and did quite poorly in formal education (see generally My Early Life). His command of English developed largely because his masters at Harrow judged him too dim to cope with Latin and Greek! __________________ "There is no more dreadful punishment than futile and hopeless labour" - Albert Camus "Why should I let the toad work squat on my life? Can't I use my wit as a pitchfork and drive the brute off?" - Philip Larkin Last edited by Milton; 02-12-2008 at 04:55 PM.