Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-161.109.224.147-20131005004548/@comment-11188061-20131027135923

Sigh. Let me put it this way.

In my opinion, Ozpin initially did not know that Jaune was faking his transcripts. So Ozpin couldn't have known that Jaune didn't have former training, dear 'A Wikia Contributor' and Devil's Advocate. Like, get my point already and stop putting me in the 'Ozpin KNOWS Jaune is faking his transcript' category. I already said I'm for the opposite.

Jaune was like the hundred other students who applied for the Beacon; there was no reason to think that Jaune was faking it.

Also, a cert is just a cert. You could have a Master Degrees and I'd be willing to pick the beggar on the streets if he does better work than you.

Two. While Glynda had voiced her opinions that she thinks Jaune unqualified, even she did not suspect that Jaune was faking his transcripts. Even if it's possible that Ozpin might've related to that line of thought, he was obviously watching Ruby with great intent and did no more but gave her a non-commital grunt.

Three. So Jaune was faking his transcripts to get into Beacon. As I mentioned before, ''it did not matter. Ozpin has specifically warned that the Emerald Forest is dangerous, and that the students will ''die if they could not deal with the opposition. If Jaune was absolutely incompetent in every regard he will fail - dead or knocked out by a Grimm before being saved by a teacher, whatever - and then he'll just be forgotten like all the other students who failed the test.

Four. Regardless of Glynda's low opinion of Jaune, he passed the test. Not only he showed great courage facing up against the Grimm when it matters - not to mention that he didn't let his pride override his common sense and did not try to fight an impossible battle, which Ruby actually failed at - he also had a good instinct, making great use of his teammates almost immediately even though he has only met them recently. And finally, he has leadership.

And that's why he appointed Jaune as the leader. As compared to the Nora who was too wild and selfish, or Ren's apathy and indifferent attitude about people, or Phyrra who was too emphatic that she would relinquished her own weapon in a Grimm infested area, Jaune was the best choice out of all four people.