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Homeschooled Daughter Earns Full Scholarship to Graduate School at University of Cincinnati (vanity)
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| 22 Feb 04
| SLB
Posted on 02/23/2004 6:29:09 PM PST by SLB
I have to brag about this one. As most FReeprs know, we have five children and home school. One daughter is a Senior at Georgetown College (NOT University) here in Kentucky. She was selected to attend Oxford last spring under an exhange program and did extremely well. She is now preparing to graduate in May with a 4.0 GPA.
Today she received notification that she was selected for a FULL (read that 100%) renewable scholarship to the University of Cincinnati for graduate school along with a sizeable stipend for living expenses!
TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Culture/Society; Extended News; Front Page News; Government; News/Current Events; US: Kentucky; US: Ohio
KEYWORDS: bragging; homeschool
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Right now her mom and I are having a really hard time buttoning shirts/blouses or wearing a noraml sized hat. Tell me that home school kids cannot succeed!
BTW she is Ms Conservative. She started a chapter of College Republicans at the local Community College prior to transferring to Georgetown. We are a little concerned about her getting a little liberal corruption, but not much. She still has a huge "W" on the car and spends an hour or so each night watching Sean Hannity.
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posted on
02/23/2004 6:29:10 PM PST
by
SLB
To: Truant Mom; toenail; 2Jedismom; wasp69; cantfindagoodscreenname; BallandPowder; wyopa; meadsjn; ...
Please give this a home school bump for me.
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posted on
02/23/2004 6:30:18 PM PST
by
SLB
("We must lay before Him what is in us, not what ought to be in us." C. S. Lewis)
To: SLB
WOW!
You guys must be on Cloud 9!
Congratulations!
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posted on
02/23/2004 6:30:41 PM PST
by
tiamat
("Just a Bronze-Age Gal, Trapped in a Techno World!")
To: SLB
As someone who went to public school and know what immorality it leads to, I'm very proud and happy to hear about you and your daughter.
God bless
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posted on
02/23/2004 6:32:30 PM PST
by
Betaille
To: SLB
Congratulations!
I sometimes wonder if home schooling is just selecting the smart genes by selecting for smart parents!
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posted on
02/23/2004 6:32:45 PM PST
by
marktwain
To: SLB
Genuine, heartfelt congratulations!!!
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posted on
02/23/2004 6:34:09 PM PST
by
YaYa123
(@ "Don't call me unpatriotic", the whining mantra of Kerry & Cleland.com)
To: SLB
The shirts and hats are well earned, as this is the reward for your efforts. Congrats!!
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posted on
02/23/2004 6:36:34 PM PST
by
stylin_geek
(Koffi: 0, G.W. Bush: (I lost count))
To: SLB
Excellent! Congratulations, I know how you must feel.
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posted on
02/23/2004 6:38:09 PM PST
by
blam
To: SLB
Hearty congratulations to all!
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posted on
02/23/2004 6:39:44 PM PST
by
Cboldt
To: SLB
Congratulatory Bumps!
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posted on
02/23/2004 6:41:39 PM PST
by
TruthConquers
("Who will liberate us from these tyrants of secularist tolerance?")
To: SLB
So? Academics are unimportant.
Let's get serious here. Let's look at the important issue. What about her social engineering? Has she been properly indoctrinated? Is she thinking correctly? Is she 100% politically correct enough to be promoted to the next stage? (/s)
Congratulations. It sounds like you've been excellent parents to your daughter. The world needs more loving parents like you folks.
Kudos!
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posted on
02/23/2004 6:42:46 PM PST
by
concerned about politics
( Liberals are still stuck at the bottom of Maslow's Hierarchy)
To: Squantos; Travis McGee; harpseal; Wally Cleaver; Jeff Head; Fred Mertz; the irate magistrate; ...
Just have to brag a tiny bit tonight.
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posted on
02/23/2004 6:44:34 PM PST
by
SLB
("We must lay before Him what is in us, not what ought to be in us." C. S. Lewis)
To: SLB
Congratulations from a former home-schooling mom of three!
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posted on
02/23/2004 6:46:01 PM PST
by
MozartLover
(Normal day, let me be aware of the treasure you are.)
To: SLB
Congratulations! Another intelligent, well-educated conservative is good for all of us!
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posted on
02/23/2004 6:46:15 PM PST
by
Tax-chick
(My house is a mess, but my baby is FAT!)
To: SLB
Just have to brag a tiny bit tonight.(I would, too. I'd be so proud!)
bump
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posted on
02/23/2004 6:47:46 PM PST
by
concerned about politics
( Liberals are still stuck at the bottom of Maslow's Hierarchy)
To: SLB
"We are a little concerned about her getting a little liberal corruption, but not much." Don't be worried.
Some of my best professors, most probably, were leftists.
The value of a good liberal arts education comes from obtaining the critical thinking skills that enable you to evaluate the merits, or lack thereof, of any particular argument.
A good education protects one from being susceptible to nonsense and BS.
It sounds like your daughter spent her time and money well.
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posted on
02/23/2004 6:48:55 PM PST
by
billorites
(freepo ergo sum)
To: SLB
Is her field to be in the sciences, especially the biological sciences? Of all the disciplines, this is where the most money is available for graduate studets. If you get accepted into a Ph.D. program, you'll have tuition, health insurance, and stipend covered until you graduate (usually in 5 to 7 years). No one who is accepted into a Ph.D. program in the biological sciences pays for it himself. The same is not true for a master's program. I knew someone in my first year who started out in a master's and then switched to the Ph.D. and still had to pay the >$20K for that first year.
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posted on
02/23/2004 6:52:32 PM PST
by
aruanan
To: SLB
Right now her mom and I are having a really hard time buttoning shirts/blouses or wearing a noraml sized hat. Or spelling! LOL!
Congrats to your entire family!
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posted on
02/23/2004 6:57:22 PM PST
by
jigsaw
(Liberal Bias is Dishonorable Discharge.)
To: SLB
Congratulations. That is the kind of news that makes any parent dance on air.
My daughter is Catholic-schooled, just informed me she's got a full undergrad scholarship to a state university in bio sciences. I was sweating whether she'd even get in.
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posted on
02/23/2004 6:57:32 PM PST
by
Argus
To: SLB
Congratulations on doing a fine job!
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posted on
02/23/2004 7:05:00 PM PST
by
Blood of Tyrants
(Even if the government took all your earnings, you wouldn’t be, in its eyes, a slave.)
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