>Two summers ago architecture was going to be her career, she changed her mind after doing a 4 week short course on the Mizzou campus during the Missouri Scholars Academy. She still has a ways to go to settle on what she really wants to study at college.

She'll figure it out eventually. Sometimes you just luck into it. I had no idea what I wanted to do when I started college. I liked Math, so I thought I'd major in Math, but had no idea what I would do with my degree. Be an actuarial or a teacher ... neither sounded appealing to me (I never told my Dad that because he was a teacher <g>). Anyway, when I went to the counselor to help me decide what courses to take for my 2nd semester, she suggested an Intro to Computers, because she thought I might be interested. Keep in mind that this was in the 70's, computers were not on the radar scope of most 18/19 year old kids, so I had no idea what to expect, but always being somewhat science-minded, it sounded interesting, so I took the course. The rest is history. <g>

~~Bonnie



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>>I tried early on to get my 3 sons interested in programming. No such luck. They *use* computers (and not just for games <g>), but they never got bit by the programming bug. My youngest son, while not interested in engineering per se, is at least in a somewhat related field ... he's studying to be an architect and his real interest is in space architecture. He's finishing up his senior year now, but probably also needs to go on to get a Masters before he has any hope of actually getting a job.