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  1. ok, I'll answer this one as my oldest dd is a senior engineering major at a state uni, and gets straight a's. Here's my list: logical abilities - good at puzzles, likes mental challenge, very logical; good at math - this is a no brainer really, there is loads of math and physics in the undergad program. loads and loads. If you kid is not good with upper math, or doesn't like it, don't go down that road. ; persistent - engineering classes are hard. very hard. and a lot of work. ok, peripheral things would be creativity, inventiveness etc... but there are a lot of creative inventive kids that don't have love of logic & math, and aren't particularly persistent, so there you go. My oldest was an over the top difficult child - hyperactive and incredibly intense. I now am reasonably sure that she is probably borderline aspie because of having to deal with my youngest son, who would be classified as 2e I suppose. She was intensely creative, loved puzzles/nancy drew/mystery interactive computer games etc. Logical in the extreme. Struggled with self control. About age 13/14 she turned her corner and became very focused academically, and very self controlled. She's always been purposeful in the sense that if she knew it would be good for her to do or learn something, she would embrace that challenge & conquer it. She's still that way at age 22 ha! Right now she is purposely working on eating more kinds of veggies and being open to more varieties of foods. Anyway, she was good at math...she had her hang ups, but because she was persistent and had that "rage to master" instinct she worked through it. I knew by the time she was 16 that she would be engineering material, but she had to see that for herself, and she loves working with children, so toyed with the idea of doing Early Childhood Development also. She took both and EC class and an intro to engineering class at CC and that sealed it for her. Too many annoying hoops to jump through in the EC field, and she loved the engineering class. So off she went. She does very well, gets mostly a's, and is a member of the Engineering Honor Society, and can't imagine doing anything other than what she's doing. She's frequently the only girl in many of her classes, but she's cool with that.
  2. ok, I'll answer this one as my oldest dd is a senior engineering major at a state uni, and gets straight a's. Here's my list: logical abilities - good at puzzles, likes mental challenge, very logical; good at math - this is a no brainer really, there is loads of math and physics in the undergad program. loads and loads. If you kid is not good with upper math, or doesn't like it, don't go down that road. ; persistent - engineering classes are hard. very hard. and a lot of work. ok, peripheral things would be creativity, inventiveness etc... but there are a lot of creative inventive kids that don't have love of logic & math, and aren't particularly persistent, so there you go. My oldest was an over the top difficult child - hyperactive and incredibly intense. I now am reasonably sure that she is probably borderline aspie because of having to deal with my youngest son, who would be classified as 2e I suppose. She was intensely creative, loved puzzles/nancy drew/mystery interactive computer games etc. Logical in the extreme. Struggled with self control. About age 13/14 she turned her corner and became very focused academically, and very self controlled. She's always been purposeful in the sense that if she knew it would be good for her to do or learn something, she would embrace that challenge & conquer it. She's still that way at age 22 ha! Right now she is purposely working on eating more kinds of veggies and being open to more varieties of foods. Anyway, she was good at math...she had her hang ups, but because she was persistent and had that "rage to master" instinct she worked through it. I knew by the time she was 16 that she would be engineering material, but she had to see that for herself, and she loves working with children, so toyed with the idea of doing Early Childhood Development also. She took both and EC class and an intro to engineering class at CC and that sealed it for her. Too many annoying hoops to jump through in the EC field, and she loved the engineering class. So off she went. She does very well, gets mostly a's, and is a member of the Engineering Honor Society, and can't imagine doing anything other than what she's doing. She's frequently the only girl in many of her classes, but she's cool with that.
  3. Maybe start with having her learn to put one hand on your arm and the other over her mouth? That way, she's not talking, and she has a way to gently let you know she has something to say. So, say when she starts talking really loud, don't say anything, just go physically lead her to where you were, place one of her hands on your arm, and place her other hand over her mouth. Something physical to replace the habit with. I have just found that giving my kids something they can DO as opposed to trying to get them to STOP DOING something works better in the long run. ymmv. Once she has done that, you can pause, then, "Did you want to tell me something?" etc etc...
  4. Hi, I am mktkcb's daughter. Zork is a genius adventure puzzle game series. Nobody knows what a grue looks like because it devours you in completely dark rooms. Started a few of the text interactive games, but got really annoyed with the "tunnel" mapping system. Favorite one is probably Zork Grand Inquisitor. Love the humor and wit of these games, wish they would make more like them. **note from mktkcb: My dd is 21, and an adventure puzzle game fanatic. Most of the Zorks and Mysts are ones my dh had, but she has loved all of them. It would seem that Grues are creatures of some sort that you never see, as she said. Zork was among the first games to make the great leap from text interactive to video interactive. Lately she's been trying out the older text int. games.
  5. Hi, I am mktkcb's daughter. Zork is a genius adventure puzzle game series. Nobody knows what a grue looks like because it devours you in completely dark rooms. Started a few of the text interactive games, but got really annoyed with the "tunnel" mapping system. Favorite one is probably Zork Grand Inquisitor. Love the humor and wit of these games, wish they would make more like them.
  6. esv MacArthur on kindle. love it, and it doesn't weigh 10 million pounds. can access all the notes etc. with one touch :o).
  7. We've had rats for quite awhile. My dd loves her rats. We had a pair of females first, from the pet store, but they both got tumors and died. After this dd decided she would only get males from a breeder next time. We got 2 baby males, both agouti color, one with dumbo ears and one with regular, which makes it easy to tell them apart. The breeder breeds for temperament as well as color, so she told us they would be big and sweet natured, and they are. DD 21 looooooves her ratties. They are great big fellows, but so sweet and smart. They are like little doggies, and they lick you all over. We inherited a big tall cage from a friend, so I'm not sure what to tell you about that. Boy rats pee and spray in their cage, so stay on top of the smell by cleaning often. I think if you keep things clean, and supervise when the rats are out, that a landlord shouldn't have much to say about it. So, male, get them from a breeder, not incredibly expensive.
  8. It sounds similar to a game we played when I was a missionary kid at boarding school, in high school. We had a large campus, and all the adults would fan out with flashlights to hunt down the students who were trying to get some stated thing...sorta like capture the flag, but in the dark being hunted. If you had the flashlight turned on you, you were caught and had to be out. We thought it was great fun, fwiw, sneaking around in the dark hiding behind buildings etc. Appeals to your inner criminal ;o).
  9. awww..so cute!! My dd 21 is totally in love with her ratties. They are agouti littermates, and big fat males LOL. One has dumbo ears, one regular, so she can easily tell them apart. She loves those rats to death, so I totally understand rattie love :o). They *are* very sweet...like little dogs ;o).
  10. shoot.....I say to heck with moderators. Give them both a list of questions, and let them go at it. It would be far more entertaining, and you'd learn a lot more about their true colors. They need far more unscriptedness, imo.
  11. Well, my oldest dd is a jr/sr engineering major, and your dd better learn to at least tolerate writing if she wants to go that direction. They constantly have projects/group projects, and they ALL require detailed write ups. I'm just sayin. Going stem is not a way to avoid writing.
  12. oh..and she always gets comments from people when we walk cuz she's so cute ;o)
  13. I have a good friend with one, and they love her to death. She's got lots of energy, but she's been great with their kids. They probably could have trained her more than they did LOL, but overall she's a great doggy. I walk with this friend & dog 3x a week. She's a sweetie & she loooves me in particular. Gets all hyper when I come, and runs up & sits right by me and leans her head on my leg. Anyway, she's very friendly in general, and has been a good dog for them. They got her from a reputable breeder, btw, and have bred her once.
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