Six reasons why you might be a midshipman…

Here are the initial qualifications for being accepted into the United States Naval Academy:

1. You are a US citizen (although there are ways around this one)
2. You’re of good moral character–no arrests, stuff like that
3. You’re between 17 and 23 years old
4. You’re unmarried
5. You’re not pregnant. You can’t even graduate if (they know) you’re pregnant. And the Honor Concept means they should know if you know
6. You have no dependents. This means children as far as I know. Siblings who depend upon you I don’t think count

If this is you, keep going.

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Jacqui Murray wrote the popular Building a Midshipman, the story of her daughter’s journey from high school to United States Naval Academy. She is webmaster for six blogs, an Amazon Vine Voice book reviewer, a tech columnist for Examiner.com, Editorial Review Board member for ISTE’s Journal for Computing Teachers, Cisco guest blogger,IMS tech expert, and a weekly contributor to Write Anything. Currently, she’s editing a thriller for her agent that should be out to publishers this summer. Contact Jacqui at her writing office, WordDreams, or her tech lab, Ask a Tech Teacher.