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Kate Chappell, 29, was a "brilliant, kind, adventurous and high-spirited" woman
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Brilliant?...

5 posted on 06/06/2015 11:56:48 AM PDT by hosepipe (This propaganda has been edited (specifically) to include some fully orbed hyperbole..)

My daughter has a friend who is brilliant. Valedictorian, accepted at Harvard, etc. She's unconventional and doesn't like to be tied down. She hasn't had any tragedies (yet) but she makes one bad decision after another. Didn't go to Harvard (which may count as a good decision). Didn't go to any college. Hiked the Appalachian Trail (just because). Moved to Colorado (why not?). Just about to move to Alaska (who wouldn't?). Things may eventually work out for my daughter's "brilliant" friend, but my daughter has decided that her friend is "confused" and "makes bad choices".

Because Brilliant does not mean Wise.