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Sep. 11th, 2025 11:02 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
soc_puppetSo I got a postcard today informing me that I made the Dean's List?
Someone explain how proud I should be of this. It's a community college, and I only took two classes this summer, but that's also after having taken no classes for eleven years and with ADHD, so.
Like, I'm on board with being pleasantly chuffed, but is this a "Go out to dinner at a reasonably fancy restaurant to celebrate" kind of situation, a "Brag to all my friends and relatives" situation, or what?
(My parents are very proud, and insisted I put the postcard on the fridge. My mom also confided in me that she never made the Dean's List when she was in school, even once. And she did go to a junior college, but she also went to an actual university, so. Data point not entirely helpful.)
Someone explain how proud I should be of this. It's a community college, and I only took two classes this summer, but that's also after having taken no classes for eleven years and with ADHD, so.
Like, I'm on board with being pleasantly chuffed, but is this a "Go out to dinner at a reasonably fancy restaurant to celebrate" kind of situation, a "Brag to all my friends and relatives" situation, or what?
(My parents are very proud, and insisted I put the postcard on the fridge. My mom also confided in me that she never made the Dean's List when she was in school, even once. And she did go to a junior college, but she also went to an actual university, so. Data point not entirely helpful.)
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Date: 2025-09-12 04:06 pm (UTC)I honestly don't remember if I made the dean's list but I got cum laude and PBK so it seems kind of similar.
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Date: 2025-09-12 11:56 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2025-09-12 04:48 pm (UTC)Well, I don't have any familiarity from the concept, but reading some articles, it seems that it's an indication that you've worked quite hard, and it might help you with career opportunities? So I think it falls in the "brag about it to people" category, especially since you've spent quite a while out of school!
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Date: 2025-09-12 11:58 pm (UTC)I might directly text one particular aunt of mine who helped me decide to go back to school, though.
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Date: 2025-09-13 12:06 pm (UTC)Yeah, I'm not sure if it'd be worth trying to use Facebook just for this... so I'd go with your personal network yourself (not to mention that I think that'd be more satisfying than getting it via Facebook)!
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