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Post by Rob on Jan 25, 2009 23:46:05 GMT -5
One of my daughters just called to say she was on the dean's list for last semester, her first at university. This is such an important success for her. She's exactly in the middle of the roster — four older, four younger. She hasn't been as successful as some of her siblings, nor as troublesome as some others. Sometimes she just gets lost in the middle, and she's suffered more than the others from the absence of her mother. I've spent years trying to draw her into something that she'll love enough that she'll want to excel in it. She appears to have found it, at least for now. I can't tell her what a relief that is to me, so I thought I'd tell all of you.
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Post by wheelspinner on Jan 26, 2009 3:11:50 GMT -5
Congratulations to you and your daughter Rob. That's an impressive achievement.
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Post by Calluna on Jan 26, 2009 8:25:01 GMT -5
Congrats to your daughter! Dean's list is a huge achievement no matter where you are ranked among your siblings.
Does that mean she's chosen a major that has motivated her to work so hard and do so well? Or is she simply thriving with independence from being stuck in the middle? Maybe a bit of both.
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Post by Rob on Jan 26, 2009 9:17:01 GMT -5
Thanks, WS. I worry about that one.
Her major is something like equestrian management, Calluna, although of course she's not there yet. Apparently she can connect getting there with doing well in school, though, and even just a quarter or a semester of success demonstrates to her that she *can* do it.
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Post by MacBeth on Jan 26, 2009 12:12:14 GMT -5
This is wonderful, Rob. I know how proud you and and how it lifts the heart to see you child grasping those wishes you had for her....she is a special and fortunate girl to you have you as her Dad - but that I am sure pales as to how fortunate you are to have her as your daughter.
Many happy feelings from this. Thank you for sharing
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Post by Rob on Jan 26, 2009 13:40:33 GMT -5
Thanks, Beth. This one has in many ways been the most challenging of my children to parent. (The boys are challenging in their own way, but I'm learning to anticipate what they'll blow up next.) It's hard to know how to help a girl who doesn't know what she wants, but I think she's figuring it out. That doesn't mean all you WN aunties are off the hook for advice, though.
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Post by Calluna on Jan 26, 2009 19:55:24 GMT -5
LOL, boys really ARE different from girls, no matter how gender neutral and unbiased you try to be when raising them. Why is it that boys seem to enjoy blowing things up and smashing them so much? Equestrian management, cool! If she's good enough to run one of those fancy stud farms in KY, she'll earn more than her sister in dental school (it was dental school, right? Or pre-dentistry?) Vet school is pretty good too, harder to get into than med school, but a lot less insurance paperwork to deal with when you're done. Or, she can wind up like a bunch of us other whackos with animal science degrees who teach anatomy to med students. Lots of options there, even if it's not obvious yet.
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Post by gael on May 24, 2009 6:13:28 GMT -5
It's good to hear about all your lives again. ) In a way it's like a visit 'home'. I surely know what you mean about a child who needs a success.. and that's a ROARING good one! Dean's list!
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Post by Pax on Jun 1, 2009 18:54:21 GMT -5
Rob -- it's always fun to hear about your family life. Congrats to you and your daughter!
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