Well, I just found out my girl's going to graduate Phi Beta Kappa!
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I couldn't be more proud. She's headed for Feinberg next. It's been a long time coming and yet in the blink of an eye.
Thankfully, there hasn't been a single bump (well, except graduation from H. S. during a pandemic) in the road that could have thrown her off.
I'm holding my breath through this campus unrest thing. She's so nose to the grindstone that she'd have a better chance of accidentally stumbling over it than willfully joining though.
Anyway, please join me in celebration of a real smartypants headed to med school. She definitely deserves the accolades!! She works exceptionally hard and even plays well with others, too.
But as a physician, I fully expect she'll run with scissors and in the direction of emergency situations.
Thankfully, those will be bandage scissors and not sewing shears.
So, here’s to the girl! Long may she thrive!
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Hugs to you and yours.
Well done! VERY well done!!!
Thanks for the reply Permanut.
I hope you see an uptick and get everything you need.
Phi Bet is quite an effort, well-deserved. My brother made it (also now a doctor and loves his work!) so I saw the continuous exertion firsthand. Congrats to all the pants fam!
She's got strong leadership skills in a not so obvious way. Sweet, compassionate and hasn't been a bit of trouble. We knew early on that we had hit the jackpot.
The goal has always been to keep her challenged, while providing her with opportunities to excel and thrive. But mostly she just needed us to stay out of the way.
I hope I live long enough to see how far she's going to go because I know she's on her way to humble greatness. It's been a wonderful ride. Too short but outstanding.
Thanks so much for taking the time. I really appreciate your reply.
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Quite an achievement. I suspect she's a chip.
Many people have heard the term Phi Beta Kappa but don’t take the time to really discern the meaning.
I think most would be surprised to find out that it requires one be fluent in a second language in addition to all of the other traits that you shared through the two links.
Thanks so much for joining me in this remarkable celebration. It means so much. Thank you. ❤️
You have clearly done a great job, and she will almost certainly continue to have a great life all the way through. Med school is no joke, but I know she'll succeed. How could someone so worthy NOT?
My "middle" step-grand is cut from the same cloth. Honour roll all the way through high school, started uni in second semester of second year because she did the first 1 12 years by extension during Grades 11 and 12. (The others are also killing it, but your d's story is so close to M's, so that's who I'm focused on ATM)
Small surprise that she was also Honour Roll this year. Her mother, my "middle" stepdaughter, was her model. Smart, but ultra-hard working and the two of them never accepted less than excellence. So, please take a bow for everything you've done!
My wife - the mother and GM of these two, obviously - and I are busting our buttons over all of our grands. ALL are succeeding at life in absolutely grand fashion (no pun intended) and we couldn't be prouder of them and their parents.
PS....she was also voted Kindest, Most Popular and Prom Queen by her fellow graduating class. We have some spectacular humans in our lives, don't we?
Graduation is a privilege and a rite of passage many only dream about. It's important to celebrate everyone's potential. It's a great time to consider the fact that every one of us should try to lift each other up when we can.
Thanks again!
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