I'm Nearly Done Bragging, I Promise ...

Well, maybe not.   On Saturday Megan graduated Summa Cum Laude.  For the uninitiated, there are three levels of Honors Degrees:

• cum laude - "with honor" (translation: "with praise")
• magna cum laude - "with great honor" (translation: "with great praise")
• summa cum laude - "with highest honor" (translation: "with highest praise")

So, Meg graduated as a President's Award winner for her perfect 4.0 and she graduated with highest honors for graduating with more than 15 credit hours of honors classes while maintaining that GPA.

As you may imagine, that makes me one very proud father.  After all, she's bright and she's cute.  What's not to like?

Also, while we're talking about education, I'd like to point out that Meg was home schooled from eighth grade until graduation.  As a result, she entered college with time management and personal responsibility skills intact and in place.  When I pulled my kids out of the public schools, the principal of the local high school confronted me and asked, "Mr. McClarty, do you think your children can get an adequate education at home?"

I think I can answer that question now

If you read my blog with any regularity, you know how proud I am of my kids.  And I promise I'll stop bragging soon.  But, when someone works this hard and reaps the rewards of her efforts, I think she deserves some praise.  And, on top of being a scholar, my girl's a really good human. 

Someday ... maybe ... she'll do something wrong and I'll have an opportunity to complain.  But, for the moment, I'm just a dad who's bursting at the seams with fatherly pride and tremendous love for my wonderful daughter.  So, bear with me.  It'll be over soon.  I promise.