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  Sept. 9, 2010 1:21 p.m. SVreX SuperDork

  My birthday was 2 days ago, and my daughter called from Spain to give me some great news.

  She has been selected for endorsement for a Rhodes Scholarship to study at Oxford.

  Now, that doesn't mean she'll get it (yet). It means she's one of the 700 applicants for 32 US positions that will be selected.

  But her school has only had 1 student selected in their history, and her application was strong enough that they came to her, by-passing the normal application process.

  Ooops- I think I just popped a couple of buttons off my shirt.

  The icing on the cake is that she didn't even go to a "real" school- my wife homeschooled her for her entire scholastic career.

  So, I have 2 wonderful smart ladies in my life, who make me very proud.

  OK, I guess I'll go back to the garage...

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  Sept. 9, 2010 1:23 p.m. mndsm Dork

  Well done. a well spent b-day and now this? You must have gotten all the good luck I was supposed to have this week.

  Go fast or go broke.

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  Sept. 9, 2010 1:24 p.m. MrJoshua SuperDork

  Yeah, that deserves a little bragging! Good job man. Any interest in homeschooling my kids?

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  Sept. 9, 2010 1:43 p.m. SVreX SuperDork

  I think that would be called tutoring.

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  Sept. 9, 2010 2:32 p.m. Toyman01 SuperDork

  Congrats. Nothing is better than having a child make you proud.

  A computer once beat me at chess, but it was no match for me at kick boxing.

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  Sept. 9, 2010 2:42 p.m. Spinout007 Dork

  Wow congratulations to you and Mrs. Svrex. As well as congratulations to your daughter.

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  Sept. 9, 2010 2:50 p.m. EastCoastMojo SuperDork

  Congrats Paul, that is awesome news and I know you are extra proud of her today

  She spoke to me, and she was orange

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  Sept. 9, 2010 2:52 p.m. Marjorie Suddard General Manager

  I'm impressed you have any buttons left at all on your shirt! That's just very, very cool. Congrats to all involved.

  Margie

  Booger

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  Sept. 9, 2010 5:13 p.m. minimac SuperDork

  Let's hope for your sake she gets it. There will be no keepin' 'er on the farm(and a cheap school) now!

  "If you can make a girl laugh, you can make her do anything" Marilyn Monroe

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  Sept. 9, 2010 5:55 p.m. fast_eddie_72 Reader

  Fantastic!

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  Sept. 9, 2010 6:15 p.m. f86sabjf Reader

  woohoo glad to hear it proud Poppa

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  Sept. 9, 2010 9:03 p.m. SVreX SuperDork

  minimac wrote: Let's hope for your sake she gets it. There will be no keepin' 'er on the farm(and a cheap school) now!

  Amen- well spoken!

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  Sept. 9, 2010 9:10 p.m. DrBoost Dork

  That's awesome Paul.
  I'm one of those people who is against home schooling...............for most people. You and your wife (I'm sure you helped more than you realize) did an amazing job and you should indeed be proud.
  Some of them smartz she has come not from home schooling but from genetics. You might want to give the milk man an I.Q. test just to be on the safe side

  You know you are deep in boost territory when you get tire pressures and boost pressures confused

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  Sept. 9, 2010 9:45 p.m. SVreX SuperDork

  I am also against home schooling. I really am. It just appears to be a significantly better option than the brainwashing into the vastness of ineptitude and incapacity to think that we sometimes call "public school".
  

  Besides, it's hard to argue with success.

  The 2% of the student population who are pursuing this path are significantly outperforming the 98% of the students pursuing "better" paths (at 20x the cost). I'll be interested to see the makeup of the leadership of this country in 15 years. I'm convinced that the 2% will hold 30% of the leadership roles in society.

  I'll consider the milk man thing.

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  Sept. 9, 2010 11:50 p.m. Hasbro HalfDork

  Congrats. Does your wife have a single sister? Just wondering.

  Add Lightness

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  Sept. 10, 2010 6:22 a.m. stan SuperDork

  Congratulations to all three of you.

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  Sept. 10, 2010 7:14 a.m. dollraves New Reader

  Wow! That's one smart girl you have there, Paul! She must get it from her mom... ;)

  Seriously, though, crossing my fingers for her!

  It's not about P3|\|15 or vag; it's about common sense, and let's face it, most people don't have it.

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  Sept. 10, 2010 1:22 p.m. cwh SuperDork

  Not much better than watching your kids succeed. Small success, big success, all good. Congrats, Paul.

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  Sept. 10, 2010 1:30 p.m. John Brown SuperDork

  AND he bought a Beetle! Talk about your weeks!

  Internationally known as The Brown Stig

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