<p>Renix,
My response to your post was due to your undermining what I had stated which was indeed a true statement and you went further to say others would laugh at such a concept of a student departmental undergraduate leader. So, I attempted to explain what that was and back it up with informtion. You also at one point doubted that my daughter is a TA for the course. </p>
<p>I now see one area in which you were confused. When I had written about my “D”, I was using an internet/CC shorthand for “daughter” (if you read many of the CC posts by parents, we tend to use S or D referring to our sons and daughters). I never said my daughter’s name begins with a D. I accept your misunderstanding in that respect when you doubted my kid was a TA for the course and I went on to verify that she is definitely a TA for the course. No problem. </p>
<p>When I explained she is also a student leader of her undergraduate major, you doubted me and called it laughable. This is an arch forum. I didn’t know I had to look up the exact title of the position she was selected to do as it is a relevant term to just one college. I used a generic term for the position and would have had to look up the exact position title. My generic term fits what a DUG LEADER of an undergraduate concentrator is. Once you doubted it, I took the time to look up the proper name on her resume and then went further to look it up on Brown’s site. Indeed I think it is my right to defend your undermining and doubt of what I had posted and so I came back with some facts to support my original true statement. I never said she was the leader of the department. I said she was a student leader of her major and that is what a DUG leader is. Perhaps you had not heard of it as you are a transfer student and I can understand that. But you were not exactly polite in your question. You could have said you had not heard of such a position and I would have explained it. But given how you went about it, I deserve the right to defend my statement. </p>
<p>If you ever knew my kid, she is the last person on earth to “posture”. She could care less about going to an “Ivy”, has no clue of rankings, is OVERLY modest to an extreme, and in fact, I have heard others ask where she goes to college and rather than come back with “Brown”, she often replies “in Rhode Island.” She downplays it. She downplays any position or achievement. I realize you do not know me or my kid but you assumed wrong. </p>
<p>I do feel you were questioning if my kid was a TA (though I now realize your confusion over “D” in my post) and that you were saying it was laughable to say she was a student leader of her concentration. Now you say you were not accusing me of fabrcating but it could very well be read as undermining my statements. If you were confused, say so. Calling it laughable or doubting my word is the approach you chose. I think you should understand why I would come back to defend my word. </p>
<p>In any case, the tone here is a bit too bad because my D loves Brown, would likely be a good friend or advisor if you met her (she is also a Mikkeljohn advisor and likes to help others), and I also love trying to help students. In fact, that is what I do in my job. </p>
<p>So, I hope this resolves this matter and that the tone can be friendly because I SURELY know that my kid would want a friendly exchange as she knows I love to help kids and she is known for getting along with EVERYONE. I hope you guys meet one day and you will see of yourself and I hope she meets you and finds that you are also a wonderful person, I am sure.</p>