Thanks, all!
Sighs of relief all around at my house.
The Lovely Bride has already made reservations in Montreal for August to
move Nigel in.
Several of the other guys on the team have asked Dana Hall fencers to
the prom as well. That should lower the awkwardness level considerably.
Quote:MIT dean quits over fabricated credentials
By Marcella Bombardieri and Tracy Jan, Globe Staff | April 27, 2007
The most celebrated and outspoken admissions dean in America, Marilee Jones of MIT, has resigned after acknowledging that she fabricated her academic credentials.
Jones's fall from grace is full of irony. She made it her life's mission, speaking at schools and conferences around the country, to combat the rising admissions frenzy, telling high school students and their parents that it is more important to be happy than to get into the most famous college or to have the perfect resume.
But she has now lost her bully pulpit for a decision 28 years ago to pad her resume when she applied for a position as an administrative assistant in admissions, a job that did not require a college degree.
On her resume, Massachusetts Institute of Technology officials said yesterday, Jones said she had degrees from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Union College, and Albany Medical College, all in New York State. She does not have a degree from any of them.
Rensselaer said yesterday that Jones was a part-time student in a nondegree program from September 1974 to June 1975. Albany Medical and Union said they had no records that she had ever attended.
"I misrepresented my academic degrees when I first applied to MIT 28 years ago and did not have the courage to correct my resume when I applied for my current job or at any time since," Jones said in a statement issued through MIT. "I am deeply sorry for this and for disappointing so many in the MIT community and beyond who supported me, believed in me, and who have given me extraordinary opportunities."
Reject my kid, will ya? Humph!
...
We were all excited when Nigel won a National Merit Scholarship.
Now we find he can't use it because he is going to school in Canada.
Grrrrrr.
can it be used at a later date for, say grad school in the US?
Quote:MIT dean quits over fabricated credentials
lying on your resumé just ain't worth it, i guess...
Wow, talk about coming back around!
That woman sowed the wind and she'll be reaping the whirlwind--in public.
Nigel made it to the prom, by the way...
George--
He looks shy, but confident. Is the gal in the blue dress eyeing him or checking out her competition?
That's terrific. Did he say that he had a good time? It looks like it.
Mitch Ryder & The Detroit Wheels
Fee, fee, fi, fi, fo-fo, fum
Look at Molly now, here she comes
Wearin' her wig hat and shades to match
She's got high-heel shoes and an alligator hat
Wearin' her pearls and her diamond rings
She's got bracelets on her fingers, now, and everything
She's the devil with the blue dress, blue dress, blue dress,
Devil with the blue dress on
Devil with the blue dress, blue dress, blue dress,
Devil with the blue dress on
Wearin' her perfume, Chanel No. 5
Got to be the finest girl alive
She walks real cool, catches everybody's eye
She's got such good lovin' that they can't say goodbye
Not too skinny, she's not too fat
She's a real humdinger and I like it like that
She's the devil with the blue dress, blue dress, blue dress,
Devil with the blue dress on
Devil with the blue dress, blue dress, blue dress,
Devil with the blue dress on
("Good Golly Miss Molly" interlude:)
Good golly, Miss Molly
You sure like to ball
Good golly, Miss Molly
You sure like to ball
While you're rockin' and rollin'
Can't you hear your mama call
From the early, early mornin' 'til the early, early nights
See Miss Molly rockin' at the House of Blue Lights
Good golly, Miss Molly
You sure like to ball
While you're rockin' and rollin'
Can't you hear your mama call
eoe wrote:That's terrific. Did he say that he had a good time? It looks like it.
Boy, did he have a good time!
He said the place, the food and the music were great.
He danced and danced. (The rental shop may have to bury his tux.)
He and three of his teammates took gals from the girl's team, so there
was high comfort level.
The parents run a party after the prom and that was great, too.
The Lovely Bride and I worked it last year and were really impressed.
(Senior parents don't work their kids party, so we weren't there this time.)
He's really happy he went.
George--
He'll start his Freshman year feeling like A Man of the World.
He's almost as good-lookin' as you, George. The apple SO doesn't fall far from the tree. I'm glad he had a blast. That's what it's all about.
Noddy24 wrote:George--
He'll start his Freshman year feeling like A Man of the World.
Yeah, it was almost alarming how comfortable he appeared in that tux.
jespah wrote:He's almost as good-lookin' as you, George. The apple SO doesn't fall far from the tree. I'm glad he had a blast. That's what it's all about.
Considerably better looking, I'm happy to say.
He's ending the year with some very good times -- not counting yesterday's
AP Physics test of course. [shudder]
George--
Sports helps a man--even a young man--feel comfortable in all sorts of clothing. I bet Nigel can even wear spandex.
