美国的西点军校军纪严明,考核严格,一贯以“魔鬼训练营”著称。在这所名噪一时的著名学府,有一个很有意思的考试项目却一直鲜为人知。西点军校规定,每个毕业生在毕业前夕都要经过一项测验:在空旷地带挖一个深洞,里面安置一个高4米、直径为2米的金属圆桶,其内壁光滑无比。受训之人被放进这个圆桶之中,给他一夜的时间,看他能否从圆桶中脱困而出。如果不能通过这项考核,受试者不仅考试成绩算零分,还将无一例外地受到处罚——被人从上面抛泥土盖顶,埋至半腰深。 The United States West Point military discipline, strict examination, consistent with “devil training camp ” known. In this prestigious university, there is a very interesting examination project has been little known. West Point rules that every graduate on the eve of graduation to go through a test: in the open area to dig a deep hole, which placed a 4 meters high, 2 meters in diameter metal drum, the inner wall smooth. The trainee was put in the drum, giving him a night’s time to see if he could get out of the drum. If you can not pass this test, the subjects not only score zero test scores, but also will be subject to punishment without exception - was covered in mud top from above, buried halfway into the waist.