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<p>My family’s perspective on this wasn’t religiously/spiritually based. It was more of a mix of “don’t be a sore winner*” on the part of the one/one’s parent with great bragworthy type news and a feeling that the true milestone was when a given child is walking at graduation and has the degree in hand, not receiving admission to a given institution.</p>
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<li>The phrase “Don’t be a sore winner” was a common admonition bandied about among older relatives towards their own kids and to the rest of us.</li>
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