Nolan Lipscomb graduated from VMI with a degree in modern languages and cultures, with a concentration in French. During his time as a cadet, he tutored French, was a member of the boxing club team, and was a corporal as a 3rd Class cadet. He spent the 2017 spring semester and a portion of the 2018 summer studying in Paris, France, and reflects on his time overseas as an aspect of the adversarial system that characterizes VMI’s approach to education.