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  • SVreX

    Sept. 9, 2010 1:21 p.m. SVreX SuperDork

    My birthday was 2 days ago, and my daughter called from Spain to give me some great news.

    She has been selected for endorsement for a Rhodes Scholarship to study at Oxford.

    Now, that doesn't mean she'll get it (yet). It means she's one of the 700 applicants for 32 US positions that will be selected.

    But her school has only had 1 student selected in their history, and her application was strong enough that they came to her, by-passing the normal application process.

    Ooops- I think I just popped a couple of buttons off my shirt.

    The icing on the cake is that she didn't even go to a "real" school- my wife homeschooled her for her entire scholastic career.

    So, I have 2 wonderful smart ladies in my life, who make me very proud.

    OK, I guess I'll go back to the garage...

  • Sept. 9, 2010 1:23 p.m. mndsm Dork

    Well done. a well spent b-day and now this? You must have gotten all the good luck I was supposed to have this week.

  • MrJoshua

    Sept. 9, 2010 1:24 p.m. MrJoshua SuperDork

    Yeah, that deserves a little bragging! Good job man. Any interest in homeschooling my kids?

  • SVreX

    Sept. 9, 2010 1:43 p.m. SVreX SuperDork

    I think that would be called tutoring.

  • Toyman01

    Sept. 9, 2010 2:32 p.m. Toyman01 SuperDork

    Congrats. Nothing is better than having a child make you proud.

  • Spinout007

    Sept. 9, 2010 2:42 p.m. Spinout007 Dork

    Wow congratulations to you and Mrs. Svrex. As well as congratulations to your daughter.

  • EastCoastMojo

    Sept. 9, 2010 2:50 p.m. EastCoastMojo SuperDork

    Congrats Paul, that is awesome news and I know you are extra proud of her today

  • Marjorie Suddard

    Sept. 9, 2010 2:52 p.m. Marjorie Suddard General Manager

    I'm impressed you have any buttons left at all on your shirt! That's just very, very cool. Congrats to all involved.

    Margie

  • minimac

    Sept. 9, 2010 5:13 p.m. minimac SuperDork

    Let's hope for your sake she gets it. There will be no keepin' 'er on the farm(and a cheap school) now!

  • fast_eddie_72

    Sept. 9, 2010 5:55 p.m. fast_eddie_72 Reader

    Fantastic!

  • f86sabjf

    Sept. 9, 2010 6:15 p.m. f86sabjf Reader

    woohoo glad to hear it proud Poppa

  • SVreX

    Sept. 9, 2010 9:03 p.m. SVreX SuperDork

    minimac wrote:

    Let's hope for your sake she gets it. There will be no keepin' 'er on the farm(and a cheap school) now!

    Amen- well spoken!

  • DrBoost

    Sept. 9, 2010 9:10 p.m. DrBoost Dork

    That's awesome Paul.
    I'm one of those people who is against home schooling...............for most people. You and your wife (I'm sure you helped more than you realize) did an amazing job and you should indeed be proud.
    Some of them smartz she has come not from home schooling but from genetics. You might want to give the milk man an I.Q. test just to be on the safe side

  • SVreX

    Sept. 9, 2010 9:45 p.m. SVreX SuperDork

    I am also against home schooling. I really am. It just appears to be a significantly better option than the brainwashing into the vastness of ineptitude and incapacity to think that we sometimes call "public school".

    Besides, it's hard to argue with success.

    The 2% of the student population who are pursuing this path are significantly outperforming the 98% of the students pursuing "better" paths (at 20x the cost). I'll be interested to see the makeup of the leadership of this country in 15 years. I'm convinced that the 2% will hold 30% of the leadership roles in society.

    I'll consider the milk man thing.

  • Hasbro

    Sept. 9, 2010 11:50 p.m. Hasbro HalfDork

    Congrats. Does your wife have a single sister? Just wondering.

  • Sept. 10, 2010 6:22 a.m. stan SuperDork

    Congratulations to all three of you.

  • dollraves

    Sept. 10, 2010 7:14 a.m. dollraves New Reader

    Wow! That's one smart girl you have there, Paul! She must get it from her mom... ;)

    Seriously, though, crossing my fingers for her!

  • cwh

    Sept. 10, 2010 1:22 p.m. cwh SuperDork

    Not much better than watching your kids succeed. Small success, big success, all good. Congrats, Paul.

  • John Brown

    Sept. 10, 2010 1:30 p.m. John Brown SuperDork

    AND he bought a Beetle! Talk about your weeks!

 
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