FISTFULAYENCongrats, Zoe
I’ve gotten sappy about my daughter Zoe plenty of times on this blog. But not today. Today I’m just proud.
Zoe was homeschooled grades 5-7. In 8th grade she went back to public school and took home every award.
She chose Santa Monica High for high school (private school Marlboro was the other option). She took the hardest classes, taking BC Calculus in her junior year and assisting the class her senior year. She took 5 AP classes unnecessarily in her senior year, just because she didn’t want to be bored (I talked her out of a 6th, AP Spanish). She got an A in every class, every year, apart from a solitary B+ in her (no-credit) Academic Decathlon class (which I for sure would have failed). She aced her AP tests, scoring a 5 on not-only in Calculus but in English as well.
Zoe was accepted to her first choice of colleges, MIT, early admission in the fall. She accepted and starts in August.
And last night on the way to “Grad Night” she and her friend Laura were naming every sample on the new Girl Talk record. The image at the top of the page is the page I made and paid for placement in her senior yearbook. I think it was probably the only senior ad that contained a 90s hip hop reference. And Zoe was probably the only kid who got it.
That’s my girl. I’m so proud of you. You’re truly the best. Congrats. Enjoy it. It’s a real accomplishment.
xoxo,
papa
Fullman wrote:
Congrats Zoe! You’ve beat high school and now you’re ready to conquer college. Enjoy New England, it’s a beautiful place and MIT has awesome campuses! I’m sure you’ll continue to make your parents proud!
Also, if you’re involved in an MIT hack, make sure it’s a good one!
Posted 20 Jun 2008 at 10:34 am ¶
Beau. wrote:
Congrats, Zoe!
Posted 20 Jun 2008 at 10:35 am ¶
darknight247-twitter wrote:
To the whole of the Rogers family congrats…and to you Zoe, the life that is still ahead of you will be beautiful and brilliant, make sure to take all of it in. Cheers.
Posted 20 Jun 2008 at 10:41 am ¶
Paul wrote:
Congrats! You must be very proud.
Posted 20 Jun 2008 at 11:09 am ¶
Chris H wrote:
Congratulations Zoe! You’ll have a great time at MIT. The best part about it is the other people. I’ll give you two pieces of advice: 1) assuming things haven’t changed too much, if you plan carefully you can get a minor with only one additional class outside your humanities requirements, 2) do a UROP project in the field you want to pursue, so you can get exposed to key people/projects. Have a BLAST!
Posted 20 Jun 2008 at 11:12 am ¶
Sabrina wrote:
YEAH! CONGRATS GIRL. Just a year ago it was my brother. i know you have HUGE things ahead of you!.
Posted 20 Jun 2008 at 11:55 am ¶
Robert Peacock wrote:
Congratulations to both you Zoe, as well as you Ian. I know it’s been hard work for both of you, but now the best is coming. MIT for Zoe. Wow! That’s fantastic! And congrats on the new job Ian. It’s kind of hard for me to imagine Zoe all grown up and going off to college…where did the time go? (read-how did I get so old?) Thank you for the invitation and the picture Zoe, and I wish I could be there, but I’ll send positive vibrations your way! Enjoy your new adventures at MIT. I know you will do great and continue to make everyone very proud. Best of luck to you both!
Posted 20 Jun 2008 at 12:02 pm ¶
Sam James Velde wrote:
CONGRATS!!!! Keep on ripping it up Zoe!
Posted 20 Jun 2008 at 1:43 pm ¶
kareem wrote:
congrats zoe, cambridge is an awesome place… you’ll enjoy many a good show at the middle east, i’m sure.
Posted 20 Jun 2008 at 4:35 pm ¶
Shannon wrote:
hey zoe – congrats! college is even better than high school
and the other benefit of MIT is that there is LOTS of great music in boston-town. if you ever get back over the pond and want to hang out in london or paris, be sure to look me up via your dad.
Posted 20 Jun 2008 at 5:03 pm ¶
jonathan wrote:
word is bond! congrats again Z (can’t say it too many times, especially w/ an academic performance like that). glad to have been able to celebrate with you guys. and the real exciting part is only beginning
. we all can’t wait to see what awesomeness you’re gonna get up to in boston and beyond. rawk!
Posted 20 Jun 2008 at 6:14 pm ¶
Bonnie wrote:
Zoe FTW! I remember when I first met Zoe ages ago when the two of you were living in a small house on the outskirts of Los Angeles. I distinctly recall y’all had a cute pet pig and even then I figured Zoe was one of the coolest kids I ever met.
Then she started her online radio station and began taking over the world one listener at a time. I can’t wait how she rips it up at MIT. Congrats Zoe. You rock in more ways than one.
Posted 20 Jun 2008 at 7:32 pm ¶
Mike Speiser wrote:
Wow Ian. Congratulations to you and Zoe. You have one impressive daughter.
Posted 21 Jun 2008 at 12:03 am ¶
dugsong wrote:
all the best, Zoe! i’m looking forward to hearing about all the amazing things you’ll do at MIT and beyond.
Ian, i’ll be hitting you up for parenting advice as you seem to know what the hell you’re doing, seriously. now it’s not just finding those gems in life, but producing them…
i’m sure Zoe will drop all kinds of obscure musical references in her academic work to make you proud. i’ve been trying to set a good example for my son too!
http://monkey.org/~dugsong/talks/csw02/
Posted 21 Jun 2008 at 11:03 pm ¶
Mark W. wrote:
MIT lucked out. Big time. Leave it all on the field, champ.
Posted 23 Jun 2008 at 4:31 pm ¶
Dave Goldberg wrote:
Zoe,
While I am very excited for you, I am a bit worried about your dad. After all, with a daughter in college, he may not be able to be keep his cred in music without your help. Dont forget to keep giving him good ideas from Boston.
Seriously, this is such a great achievement. Congrats and make sure you enjoy your time in college.
Best,
Dave G
Posted 23 Jun 2008 at 6:22 pm ¶
Roshni Poddar wrote:
Hello,
Congrats Zoe i dont know you much but your mom and dad are very proud of you. hope you have a very good life ahead in which you make them even prouder.
Posted 26 Jun 2008 at 3:45 am ¶
Robert Tercek wrote:
Hey there, Zoe,
that is a terrific achievement. congratulations. you are going to love MIT and Cambridge. Boston is a great college town. kudos. have fun. keep making your dad proud.
RT
Posted 28 Jun 2008 at 10:45 pm ¶