The other week I received a letter in the mail:
''Dear Ms. A., Each year the Scholarship and Awards Committee selects outstanding seniors who have demonstrated excellence in scholarship, leadership, and/or service to the school and community during their years at our high school. This year your child will be honored during the Senior Awards Program for his/her achievement.
The Awards Ceremony will be held in our school on Wednesday, June 10, 2015 at 4:30 p.m. We invite you and your child to attend this important event. At that time, he/she will be presented with his/her award(s).
I want to take this opportunity to congratulate both you and your child on this achievement''
So what's my dear daughter doing at home at a time when her fellow classmates are gathered in the school auditorium, and her name is being announced and the expectation is that she will walk across the stage and delightfully reach out her hand to receive the award being bestowed upon her today?
I reckon she may be announcing, in her own way, a ''Fuck You'' to the system that runs so counter to her intuition and integrity.
In witness thereof,
Mom
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