re: #79 keloyd

I don’t buy that. I’ve just seen too many occasions involving students where a “character building” event being carried out by a superior (be it faculty or fellow students in a supervisory capacity) is more of a power trip by the controller than a true attempt at education.

I spent 10+ years doing volunteer work for a social fraternity. A lot of hazing activity is hidden under the veneer of claiming that it builds character or helps the pledges come together as a group. If teaching how to deal with adversity and challenges are the goal, there are practically always alternative routes to follow that are much more positively oriented.