<p>but a C could be the kiss of death for someone who wants to be in all the honor societies available…</p>
<p>Honors are all very nice, but it’s more important to focus on the joy of working hard and learning all one can than worrying about honor societies.</p>
<p>My college had no honor societies (though they did have graduation honors and I wound up, somewhat to my surprise, as one of 8 summa cum laude graduates despite my C in freshman English), but the honors are not what I treasure most about my college experience. </p>
<p>What I treasure most are the knowledge, new perspectives, and skills I gained; the joy of the learning experiences I had; the growing I did; the friendships I made; the challenges I overcame, and the confidence I gained. Those are the things are what I want for my children to get out of college.</p>
<p>And I would hate for them to think of getting into an honor society as a life or “death” matter, so even the use of the rhetorical expression “kiss of death” saddens me.</p>