April 17, 2008
Life as a plebe in the U.S. Naval Academy certainly has its drawbacks.
Almost every minute of the day is scheduled. There's little free time, no privileges to drive a car and not-so-fun exercises called chow calls.
"That's where the upperclassmen come out and ask you (to recite) menus for three meals in advance," said freshman Jonathan Wright, a Roberson High graduate. "You have to know three current events: an international news article, a national news article and one sports story. You've got to be able to talk about them. Then you've got to know how many days until graduation, until Christmas, until ... just, different things."
But there's one place where being a plebe doesn't count against him and where he feels right at home: the baseball diamond. The former Ram standout had a .390 batting average and a team-best 11 doubles as of Saturday.
For the complete article from Tyler Norris Goode of the Asheville (N.C.) Citizen-Times click here
