Incidents At The Citadel Essay

On December 10, 2015, an incident took place at The Citadel, Military College of South Carolina, that went against all it stands for. The Citadel is a school that has been building principled leaders and is the number one public school in the south. The school also has tons of traditions and a great history of being leaders of this country and great civilians. Citadel also has core values that must be followed by everyone who attends the school. The core values are “Honor, Duty, Respect”. The incident that took place goes against those core values and brought discredit to The Citadel. The incident that took place was that seven “knobs”, known as freshman cadets, dressed up in all white for the “ghosts of Christmas past” skit and had pillow …show more content…
Cadets at The Citadel live by an honor code and have good intentions. However, one bad apple can spoil the whole bunch and that’s what’s happening. The Citadel and everyone who has ever attended is getting thrown into the same category as the seven who are being labeled as racist. Those seven cadets will get their punishment for what it’s worth but, they don’t deserve to be bashed and hated by everyone for one harmless mistake. They aren’t racist, they were just some young boys trying to get on some of their upperclassmen’s good side. It was all just one bad joke that took a horrible turn. The media will never understand that truth, they will make it out to be something way worse but that’s alright, The Citadel is in control of the situation and will make sure everything goes as it should. The Citadel takes pride in everything they do so they will discipline the knobs that brought this negative attention to the school, however, it will take time to earn back the respect of the media and other people who were deeply offended by the “racist gesture”. The Citadel’s President, General Rosa, and his administration are top of line and very good at what they do. The last thing they need when dealing with this situation is the media and the general public spreading rumors and bashing the school for all the wrong reasons. This is a prime example of how you can one hundred good things and one bad thing and all people pay attention to is the