sandy lubert

Valerie-I had the privilege of hearing you in Peabody. Just wanted
to let you know that I have held your Laurie up as my "ace" about a
dozen times this week (and it's only Wed)! It was back-to-school
week, and I live in a tiny village in Ontario, and people are giving
me blank looks and raised eyebrows when I try to explain what I'm
doing and that it really works. When all else fails (and it has
been), I just say, "Well, there's this woman...daughter...PhD...top
5 in Louisiana..." Shuts em up GOOD. :) Thanks for the ace. -Sandy

Valerie

--- In [email protected], "sandy lubert"
<slubert@y...> wrote:
> Valerie-I had the privilege of hearing you in Peabody. Just wanted
> to let you know that I have held your Laurie up as my "ace" about
a
> dozen times this week (and it's only Wed)! It was back-to-school
> week, and I live in a tiny village in Ontario, and people are
giving
> me blank looks and raised eyebrows when I try to explain what I'm
> doing and that it really works. When all else fails (and it has
> been), I just say, "Well, there's this
woman...daughter...PhD...top
> 5 in Louisiana..." Shuts em up GOOD. :) Thanks for the ace. -Sandy

***** Awww, thank you, Sandy. I'm glad you were there. I guess I
shouldn't mention the struggle Laurie is going through getting comfy
in grad school, huh? <g> I spent last weekend with her and she was
practically in tears with her assignment. I read over what she had
to do and read a few chapters of complete gobbledy gook (in this one
class, she has to read 300 pages a week and write a 5-6 page
summary) and started asking her questions about it. It was
frustrating for her at first, because I didn't know enough about the
topic at hand to ask intelligent questions, but the more I asked and
the more she answered, it came clear to her what her goal was for
the paper. Whew! It was all so over my head that I got a headache
trying to think of questions. lol

She fretted and worried that she can't be an equal in this classroom
of 7 other students, most of whom already have a PhD in another
field. BUT...her unschooling is showing (shining) through already.
Out of two papers the students have had to turn in, he's picked her
paper as "best satisfies what I wanted from everyone." And it's not
that he's playing favorites. They aren't allowed to put their names
on their papers, so he has no idea whose paper he's liking best. As
a free-thinker, it's more natural for her to "please" the professor
because she's writing it from her free-thinking perspective;
something all professors seem to love.

I just talked to her and she's feeling more confident about her
choice to get an accelerated PhD. The fear is fading. :-)

love, Valerie
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