My daughter came home from school the other day, for a much-needed rest and to work on the big philosophy essay that she had due right before Christmas.  It was a great time and I had such a good time visiting with her even though she spent a lot of her time doing research.

This was a really big assignment for her and she wanted to do a really good job on it as she knew the professor marked very hard and she was prepared to put all of her effort into it.  I was really proud of how serious she was taking her first-year classes.

She showed me the list of essay topics that she had been given at the beginning of term and told me which one she was writing on.  I thought she was really brave as it was not one of the easiest topics but it was one that would teach her a lot and that was what she wanted most out of her university education.