Posted on 06/17/2007 12:20:54 AM PDT by dixiechick2000
Today, my daughter became a Doctor.
She received an award for the highest GPA in her class.
However, because she didn't go to Guatemala, or take care of Natives...
...the professor who announced the award said...
..."Grades don't mean that much."
I want you all to know that my daughter, during the time when she drove from Portland, to Corvallis, OR, every day to attend an eight o'clock class, was very concerned about her children's welfare.
During that time, she would cut class to help with field trips, to attend parent/teacher conferences, etc.
She busted her butt to be the best parent, and wife,...
AND...daughter that she could be.
The professor who announced her "award" will be hearing from me tomorrow.
The professor is a jerk and the people who love your daughter KNOW the truth. That's what matters.
Don't let the small-minded little leftist houseflies bother you today.
God bless you and your daughter! The whole family must be so proud!
That’s okay by me dixiechick! Vent all you want!
A parent that thinks their son or daughter is wonderful and dear and a hard working adult, and is something to be thankful for.......go right ahead and shout it to the rooftops! ;-)
I’d like to get right up there with you! ;-)
And I give thanks for your daughter and you, dear one!!!
Praise the Lord for her education! and her GPA!!!!!!!
We need PharmDs, too. They are a great benefit when available. Congratulations and best wishes in her career.
My wife thinks I’m wonderful.
Nope- become Doctors of Education--- and DEMAND to be addressed as Doctor in my experience...
I would be curious how many with low grades but many visits to Guatemala were recognized.
Venting is good and it is perhaps better to vent here. Do not spend to much energy responding to the professor's limited vision.
Proverbs 14:7 Go from the presence of a foolish man, when thou perceivest not in him the lips of knowledge.
or
Proverbs 26:4 Answer not a fool according to his folly, lest thou also be like unto him.
Congratulations to you and your daughter.
Congrats.
Yeahbut—as I said—you have every reason to be very proud of her!
Please tell your daughter congratulations for her hard work in taking care of her family for now and for in the future, and especially because she has chosen a career to help others.
As to grades, well, if one doesn’t have the heart for helping people, then grades won’t mean that much. Other than that, I definitely want my physicians to have the highest grades their intellect allowed and the common sense to use what they learned and will hopefully keep learning.
And this “vanity” does have political and sociological roots worthy of discussion here.
Forgot to say congratulations to you, too, for your success in excellent parenting.
Congrats to your daughter and her family!
My daughter was three years old when I got my Ph.D. in electrical engineering. When she heard that I was now a “doctor”, she said, “I don’t want you to be a doctor. I want you to be my dad.”
My daughter was three years old when I got my Ph.D. in electrical engineering. When she heard that I was now a “doctor”, she said, “I don’t want you to be a doctor. I want you to be my dad.”
As others have pointed out, your comments may be "cute"; however, they do not express reality.
My son just graduated with a B.S. degree in Parks and Recreation. He wants to work with kids. He coaches and is one of the most caring individuals I've ever known. Anyone who disses a man of my son's caliber is missing out on one of the best coaches their child could ever hope to know.
Reality? Well, it is -exactly the case for my three kids back when they were in H.S.....
After some few years the person in question was (peter principled) to the School Board.
As I said, anecdotal from my own experience--different from yours I guess...
What a Herculean task, a Mother and an exemplary student of medicine!
My kids are also quite bright, it’s nice to see (in my case) it skips a generation...LOL
Your daughter did great! And compared to being a good daughter, wife, and mother... grades matter little, but because she knows what’s important how could it have turned out any other way.
The prof? Probably was the perpetual dodgeball target growong up.
Your daughter did great! And compared to being a good daughter, wife, and mother... grades matter little, but because she knows what’s important how could it have turned out any other way.
The prof? Probably was the perpetual dodgeball target growing up.
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