Some time ago I posted a story about our daughter, Jamie, being nominated for attendance at the Junior National Young Leader's Conference in Washington D.C. After research , as chronicled in the previous post, we chose to ignore it.
Some time later we received another letter. This letter reminded us of Jamie's pending status. It chastised us for presuming to ruin our daughter's life by denying her this once in a lifetime opportunity. In serious tones, the letter reminded us that spots are extremely limited for this honor and our failure to act immediately would surely lead to a life of drugs and depression for our daughter. We ignored it.
Today I recieved another letter which I just must share. Included with the letter was a piece of card stock listing the "Distinguished Alumni" from Jamie's school who previously attended this experience. There were three of them.
The letter went on to express that the organizers were thrilled with Jamie's nomination and that her deadline for enrollment had been extended by quite some time. In addition, as it might be inconvenient for Jamie now that the number of session available are limited, they offered a $400 dollar discount on tuition.
Nothing says rare, valuable, and highly selective opportunity quite like extended deadlines and deep discounts.
Instead, Jamie is attending a well respected program for high ability learners at Creighton University in Omaha, Nebraska. She is very excited.
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