First,
half the questions you have posited in the last little while are just chum,....
I believe my question is valid and definitely not "chum." I understand it's a question you don't like to hear, but it is absolutely valid.
I mean think about it. Do you know how many scum bags there are in this world? What would make you strive to do the best when you can do the least and end up in the same place?
Second,
The junior high school reference from a different thread concerns the Navy nuclear power program vis a vis commercial power boilers and (to a lesser extent) PWR's, compared to being an SRO at either of these, the NNPP is Nuke 101
I'm not really familiar with all the Navy acronyms and lingo yet so most of this part i don't understand. But the context of the JHS baseball remark was a response to a fathers question about his son's good grades in nuke school and how they translate into military and civilian life. Several people said the grades don't translate into anything, and the context is that good grades in nuke school are worth in the military and elsewhere, what 10 SO's in JHS are worth in the Majors.
By that logic, military and civilian service = the Majors, and nuke school = JHS. There is no other context.
Third,
If you're as bright as you present yourself to be
and are as smart as you present yourself,
[The] smarmy factor,....
Guess what buckwheat? We're all smart people too, we even know people smarter than ourselves that we work with on a daily basis, if you would like to take one persons singular thread about only 1E-10 of all candidates failing out and run with that, more power to ya'.

Nowhere on any of my posts did i ever say or imply that i was smarter than anyone else, nor did i imply that anyone was dumb. If anything it's the opposite, I come here as an ignorant DEPer trying to collect as much information and wisdom as I can. Where are you getting this smarmy factor thing from? If you're saying that because i wrote 10
-10 instead of .0000000000001, well then i guess i should apologize again. It was not meant to insult anyones intelligence, 10
-10 is just a shorter neater easier way to write .00000000000001.
And i didn't just take one persons singular thread and run with it. My comments and questions are based on my different threads in this website and outside information. If you notice on my post there are two or three different examples. So again, i don't know where you're getting that from.
A serious review of the threads would reveal that some folks glide through A school and die in nuke school, some die in prototype, some can't get past boot camp. Yet others are happy as a clam until they hit the fleet and then they start looking for low hanging I-beams to hang themselves from. And every now and then, there's that guy/gal who just manages to adapt and do well in every facet of his/her NNPP experience.
A serious review of the topic of conversation would reveal that this paragraph and basically the entire post is totally irrelevant. The topic is: How valuable is you're performance in nuke school; if there actually is no value, what motivations, incentives, benefits does a nuke have to fully apply himself; any experiences where your achievements in nuke school have benefited you in any way shape or form.
Obviously, since you can't fail, people have different experiences. It's more difficult for the guys that work, and it's easier for those that slack. For example:
Just trying to help the guy out...make friends with the people the run the boat..that's whining? Uh, no that is smart. How many days did I spend in the TR? Zero. The E-6 lead ELT in the torpedo room...that is funny. Case study in "why not to come to the boat with an attitude".
How many field days did I spend in the ER? Not many, I was in the sonar shack snoozing with my sonar friends.... then the COB comes by telling how nice the sonar looks.... while the nukes have to work extra because the ER is "not clean enough". so, I'm in the crews mess eating ice cream while the nukes are doing extra. That is funny. no hilarious. I think I called back there to ask them if they wanted me to save them any ice cream. Just trying to help my nuke buddies. Case study in "why it pays to make friends with the coners". (I have to spell everything out here. We have career navy dude that can't figure it out.)
Life is working hard and getting treaded like crapola? Uh, maybe your life is sweet heart. Not mine. If I get even remotely treating like crap now and it's seaya later (I don't)...I like making my own way (I do). Case study in "why it is smart to be have marketable skill set" Get paid, get treated well.
I/we sat in temperature controlled environment eating as much food as we could getting fat and cleaning. whoopie...now everyone whats to make it look like they were some kinda of "heros'. the most action I seen was when we cleaned out some bar in the PI.
That goes without saying. But in America, and in any capitalist society, you reap what you sow and the workers are ultimately rewarded in one way or another. If you have an example of that happening in the Navy or outside, that would be relevant and might be something i would be interested in. All this other stuff about "chumming" and "context" and "smarmy factor," and all the insults (which i'm not too sure what they mean) "buckwheat" and "BF" and w/e, is unnecessary. Nothing in that entire post is beneficial to me or anyone else, frankly it's a waste of your time and my time.
And I'm sorry that your not convinced with my apology. My comments and questions are brutally honest, and again I'm sorry if they offended you. I did not post that for the purpose of offending anyone, i posted that for the purpose of expanding my knowledge of the nuke program. And thankfully people have responded with great information. Hopefully more will too.
Good luck to you just the same, thank you for volunteering to stand the watch,....
Thank you, and thank you your service as well.
I hope at some point you can put your emotions to the side and chime in with some useful information.