<p>In confirmation with what Atop has written, my son has told me that most of the lessons in every class at West Point are related back to warfare or leadership in one form or another, whether it's math, chemistry, physics, literature, psychology or whatever. When I queried him to check that he'd meant exactly what I though he'd said he assured me his assessment was accurate and that I hadn't misunderstood the meaning. I don't know why his statement came as a surprise to me (other than I attended exclusively civilian schools); after all it is in keeping with West Point's stated mission of creating leaders, and in particular, military leaders.</p>
<p>At a civilian college the mission is quite a bit different. They're there to create doctors, lawyers, accountants, history professors, etc. The ROTC program, administered as only a fraction of students curriculum, can't possibly make up the balance in the same way West Point can. They simply aren't the same.</p>