A hysterical moment

Colleges and Universities A-Z Naval Academy - Annapolis
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<p>I thought many of you would be as astonished and laugh as hard as I did over the following incident.</p>

<p>I was a guest at a military-themed event this past monday evening. During the evening an adult man proudly informed me that "that young man over there" ...and he pointed him out..."was going to the Naval Academy next year.!" Now this person didn't know I had a Plebe at USNA, he was simply pleased and proud as punch about this young man he has mentored for years in this program. </p>

<p>Later in the event I went up to this young person and asked if he had an LOA from the Academy. He looked blankly at me - ("OK," I said to myself..."THAT'S not what the older man meant..." ) So I quickly changed my question to ask what the status of his application was and he told me he had just sent it in. ("Oh, I see", my inner thoughts were..."this sweet, goodhearted older man is just that, sweet but clueless.")</p>

<p>At the end of the evening I thanked the older man for the event and told him I enjoyed talking with the young person - and informed him that indeed we had a Plebe at USNA ourselves. He then proceeded to excitedly say these words...</p>

<p>"Well, last June *** ( the young man) attended their PRESCHOOL! "</p>

<p>"Excuse me?", I said,"can you please repeat that?" ( Although I heard him clearly I simply couldn't tell if he was pulling my leg, or dead serious.) So in a louder voice he said: "He attended their PRESCHOOL for a WHOLE WEEK!" ( Clearly this wasn't a joke - he used the term intentionally!!!)</p>

<p>I smiled and gently replied...."Er, I think you mean the Naval Academy Summer Seminar Program. It's a great introduction to the Academy, isn't it?"</p>

<p>Poor man, I don't think he really heard me, he simply nodded his head and thanked me for coming.</p>

<p>So one and all, I am here to inform you that anyone who attended or hopes to attend a NASS might wish to know that they really attended Pre-school.....only....er....ummmm...I don't think they served cookies, took naps on little mats and sang "I'm a little teapot"....</p>

<p>Oh, and my husband told me later that the Prep School folk wouldn't much appreciate knowing NAPS could read that way either!!!</p>

<p>:-)</p>

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<p>I must say i attended that preschool this summer and I remember it being a little more challening than the one i attended when i was four hahah!</p>

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<p>peskemom,</p>

<p>NASS use to be called Summer Scaminar and now I guess it is moving to "preschool"</p>

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<p>Zaphod always refers to his time at NAPS as "USNA's kindgergarten". I'll have to share the preschool comment with my plebe--it will make her smile.</p>

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<p>Why was it called summer "scaminar"?</p>

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<p>mdlrnc are you from maryland?</p>

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Zaphod always refers to his time at NAPS as "USNA's kindgergarten".

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You must be confusing me with someone else. I don't remember ever saying that.</p>

<p>But I wish I had! :D</p>

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Why was it called summer "scaminar"?

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Probably for the same reason that I call the catalog the greatest work of fiction in modern American history: what you see is carefully scripted and, while it certainly gives you excellent insight, it is nothing like what real Mids go through.</p>

<p>Not necessarily an evil fact, but a fact nonetheless. It's a lema of the corollary "The grass is always greener on the other side."</p>

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<p>Aha! Found it! </p>

<p><a href="http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/showthread.php?t=240763&page=3&highlight=kindergarten%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/showthread.php?t=240763&page=3&highlight=kindergarten&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p>

<p>And yet he lives in NO JOYzee and endorses Air Farce! </p>

<p>HERESY! HERESY, I SAY!! </p>

<p>That profile of hers would hold her in good stead to ANY SA. Mine wasn't so hot, so I ended up going to Navy Kindergarten (NAPS).</p>

<p>Well, I guess we should take solace in that at least she isn't looking at ARMY! EEEWWW!!!! </p>

<p>I guess you just said it once, but it was memorable!</p>

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<p>Whoa Peskemom, had me worried for a minute. I thought you meant the other kind of hysterical. </p>

<p>I'll have to tell Navy_Hornet she attended Pre-School last summer.</p>

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<p>Well mine was turned down for pre school......</p>