Are we being honest?

woody
Thu, 03 Dec 2009 18:47:13 +0000

Boy - I’ve thought long and hard about this thread. My D had great results in last year’s admission cycle. If someone asked I told them. In an attempt to temper my enthusiasm and mask my pride, I would say she had horrible SAT scores - which she did, CC standards or not. After a while, I felt like I was being disloyal to my D. After all they, were her scores - not mine to talk about. Certainly, no one ever asked me what they were. So more than the false humility or whatever psychological crap floats around a parents’ head, it was this sense of disloyalty that made stop talking about it all. However, thankfully, I have a little anonymous outlet on CC that lets me brag, confess, do whatever. Well, CC and my sisters…
Maybe, that’s why we only hear the “good stuff”. I wouldn’t be too happy if she was telling her friends any of my shortcomings.