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Originally Posted by Low C Sharp
THANK YOU!! An update is not the same as a resume. "Susie is still enjoying her dance involvement" is an update. "Susie placed fourth in the statewide snowflake competition and won the trophy for Best Pirouette and first runner-up in Arabesque technique" is NOT an update, it's bragging. Also, no one cares.
Ditto the contrast between "Billy is looking forward to enrolling at Duke next fall" and "Billy had such a tough time deciding between Duke, Dartmouth, Georgetown, and a full scholarship at Vanderbilt that blah blah blah..." In brief, we're so blessed, and you're not.
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That's part of the reasons I hate those letters, they're so show-offy and competitive.
Also, who cares if little Jimmy got braces or had a difficult time adjusting to middle school? And btw, I can see the braces in the picture, so really, leave the poor kid to his braces hell.