Brag Moment - Proud Papa Reporting

It has been a few days since I have blogged since no bloggable events have occurred in a few days, school is back in session and I do not yet have pictures to take the next step in the introduction of the goat herd that I introduced some time back.. So now I have to do a brag moment blog! Some of you who follow my blog know that I have children and the youngest is Bill (Ross). He is now a Sophomore at Colorado State University - Pueblo double-majoring in Music Education and English. In his Freshman year he qualified for induction into Alpha Lambda Delta National Honor Society. To qualify you must attain a 3.5/4.0 grade point average for your first semester of college.

So this was all new to me. I achieved all of my college education as an adult student with little concern for traditional student life. I have since learned that I also achieved this status as a Freshman but with the focus on a full time job and new life with wife and 2 daughers, I must have not bothered.

I researched it a bit. Here is wikipedia's blurb on the ALD Honor Society. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alpha_Lambda_Delta

The statistics quoted at today's ceremony filled my chest with pride. Of all first year students at CSU-P in the Fall 2008 class of approximately 1000 students, less that 50 achieved the status to join and be inducted into ALD. That makes me quite proud.

As the speaker continued to explain, the first term for most students is the most tramatic with the social pressure, demanding classes with lack of structure (as known in high school), and many missing home or their first time away from home for a significant amount of time.

The picture here is that of Bill (Ross) and his mom, Sue, at the conclusion of the ceremony. Thanks for enduring my brag moment!