The family donating the money has been banging on about this for TWO YEARS. I bet their poor kid is so done with them.

I still vividly remember the music teacher who pulled strings and got me a fourth chair spot in a regional honor band that I didn’t want and very much hadn’t earned

The only time I’m aware of that an adult ever pulled such strings ostensibly on my behalf and obviously it wasn’t about me at all

Ugh. I hope for their sake the kid is like, "Mom, Dad, it was two years ago, I'm over it, and you should be too."