We've seen the huge burden of eight years of war on our troops -- tour after tour, year after year, missing out on moments that every parent treasures: a baby's first steps, the first words, the day the trainingwheel comes off the bike, birthdays, anniversaries.
Most of the people who teach at BGI move on within a few years, so the wheel for most course sequences is reinvented all the time, which implies huge adjustment and faculty-training costs and little continuity in curriculum development.