Academy

[Nerys Myk]

Thing is, though, nobody on Bonanza ever got the girl. She was either found to be a con artist, dying of some illness, in love with someone else, left down, got shot and killed, or some combination of the above. The closest any regular cast member came to getting the girl was when Will Cartwright got the woman Adam was going to marry (at that time Will Cartwright was a recurring character who had been suggested as a replacement character when Pernell Roberts wanted to leave the show).

The Cartwrights probably have acres of the Ponderosa set aside for the graves of wives, girlfriends and hangers on.

 

[USS Triumphant]

Isn't it a better idea to instill some ethics and scientific knowledge into a few generations of people before we have the capability of going "out there" and meeting aliens? Even if we never do meet any, the knowledge would make getting along with our own species easier.

YES.

Timewalker, I've been telling people we need to go ahead and amend the Constitution to give "personhood" and equal rights to aliens and any animals or artificial intelligences that are capable of honestly asking for them since I was 10 or 11! We need to be ahead of the game, not struggling to catch up all the time.

 

[Jonas Grumby]

Better Starfleet Academy than University of Phoenix or DeVry.

I dunno. I gotta say, if I had to pick one of those three, I think it would be one of the two that's not based on TV show.

 

[Melakon]

Better Starfleet Academy than University of Phoenix or DeVry.

I dunno. I gotta say, if I had to pick one of those three, I think it would be one of the two that's not based on TV show.

It would be like going to Gilligan's First Mate Training School.

 

[urbandefault]

Looking at the other thread about Trekkies dying off, and comparing it to this one ...

It makes me think that there are younger fans who are desperate for something, anything, to give them hope for the future.

The answers can be found, but they might be surprised where they find them.

 

[Jonas Grumby]

Better Starfleet Academy than University of Phoenix or DeVry.

I dunno. I gotta say, if I had to pick one of those three, I think it would be one of the two that's not based on TV show.

It would be like going to Gilligan's First Mate Training School.

Or Melakon's College of Political Science.

 

[IrishNero]

Better Starfleet Academy than University of Phoenix or DeVry.

I dunno. I gotta say, if I had to pick one of those three, I think it would be one of the two that's not based on TV show.

I'm pretty sure I'd leave with a foot in my butt if I walked into an HR department with my Star Fleet Academy scroll on-hand...

 

[USS Triumphant]

I'm pretty sure I'd leave with a foot in my butt if I walked into an HR department with my Star Fleet Academy scroll on-hand...

Right now, sure. With enough money and the right professors, the name "Starfleet Academy" (or even "Butt Monkey University") could very quickly become .... well, considerably less of a joke, at any rate. Get the US Air Force to endorse it, on top of that, and it might change from a joke to something that makes people a little nervous and curious, wondering what is going on.

 

[Nerys Myk]

Join NOAA. Wear uniforms. Do Science.

 

[Last Redshirt]

Join NOAA. Wear uniforms. Do Science.

The NOAA Commissioned Officers Corps, to be exact. It's considered one of the uniformed branches of the United States.

 

[Ghrakh]

I'm pretty sure I'd leave with a foot in my butt if I walked into an HR department with my Star Fleet Academy scroll on-hand...

Right now, sure. With enough money and the right professors, the name "Starfleet Academy" (or even "Butt Monkey University") could very quickly become .... well, considerably less of a joke, at any rate. Get the US Air Force to endorse it, on top of that, and it might change from a joke to something that makes people a little nervous and curious, wondering what is going on.

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It's kind of depressing reading some of these comments; all these supposed trek "fans" and they just treat the optimistic and technically advanced future portrayed by ST as a joke. Maybe "ST Academy" is a hard sell, but it seems a lot better than the assembly-line factories modern colleges have become, merely setting you on life's treadmill.

 

[uniderth]

Maybe we could start with UESPA Academy first. Being lesser known you might be able to build a positive rep faster.