Uplifting article on great kids and no Ivy!

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<p>A very heartwarming and reassuring article about how good kids succeed where they’re planted–</p>

<p><a href=“http://www.nytimes.com/2007/04/29/nyregion/nyregionspecial2/29Rparenting.html?em&ex=1177992000&en=5ffdd0ada33d2821&ei=5087 [/url]”>http://www.nytimes.com/2007/04/29/nyregion/nyregionspecial2/29Rparenting.html?em&ex=1177992000&en=5ffdd0ada33d2821&ei=5087 &lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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<p>Great article. Ties me to another thread here- the one about getting weepy at inappropriate times. The bit about telling the parents they have gone a good job brought a tear to my eye…</p>

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<p>Every once in awhile, I go back to my undergrad alma mater for a semester and take a graduate course or two. (Regional state U, USNWR 4th tier). Some of the courses have undergrads in them, and it just floors me how well prepared these young people come to class. It’s a vast sea change from when I was there in the 1980s.</p>

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<p>I think the message here is to do what you love and see where it takes you. That these kids don’t get into Harvard is only tragic if the only reason they did the cancer research or built Habitat for Humanity houses or helped orphans in Honduras is to get into an ivy league school, and not because they were interested in the research or actually wanted to help people.</p>

<p>Follow your dreams wherever they take you and don’t think about what you miss or pass up along the way. If your heart is in the journey, then you wind up in the right place.</p>