Jabou, congratulations to your daughter and I wished her much progress and prosperity in the years ahead. I know she made all of us proud of he achievement. Her achievement is a reflection of the investment and nurturing you gave her. Bravo and keep up the good work. Chi jaama Joe Sambou >From: Jabou Joh <[log in to unmask]> >Reply-To: The Gambia and related-issues mailing list ><[log in to unmask]> >To: [log in to unmask] >Subject: My Daughter Graduated!! >Date: Mon, 13 May 2002 12:19:38 EDT > >Dear G-L, > >Four years ago, in 1998, when my oldest daughter graduated high school as a >national merit and national achievement scholar, I bragged all over the L >about her college prospects. > >Then I became embarassed after reflecting upon it and knowing that there >were many talented young Gambians her age who were brighter, but who >nevertheless had slimmer prospects for higher education due to >circumstances >beyond their control. I decided I would never come here to brag about my >kids >again. >\ >You guys were very generous in your congratulatory messages to me at that >time, and thus, I felt it a duty to let you know that she graduated with >flying colours this Sunday May 12, from Duke University in Durham North >Carolina. It was a great Mother's day present for me, and a source of great >pride for her dad as well. > >I thank all of you who have enquired privately about her progress, and >wished >her continued success over the last four years. May Allah shower his >blessings on all of you and yours, and especially to our young people who >hold such great promise for the future. I am glad we do have a national >university now, and I hope that all the efforts towards that are sincere, >and >fueled only by a deep desire to create opportuinty for our young people, >for >they are the future and if we do not prepare them well, we are doomed. > >Jabou Joh > >~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > >To unsubscribe/subscribe or view archives of postings, go to the Gambia-L >Web interface >at: http://maelstrom.stjohns.edu/archives/gambia-l.html >To contact the List Management, please send an e-mail to: >[log in to unmask] > >~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ _________________________________________________________________ Send and receive Hotmail on your mobile device: http://mobile.msn.com ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ To unsubscribe/subscribe or view archives of postings, go to the Gambia-L Web interface at: http://maelstrom.stjohns.edu/archives/gambia-l.html To contact the List Management, please send an e-mail to: [log in to unmask] ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~