Older daughter (10th grade) is looking at Electrical/Computer Engineering with a minor in Cinema (possibly second major). She is hoping to find synergies between these two areas. She is already a great film editor (won a school award for Best Directing and Editing and Best Film for her 10 minute documentary). She will be taking College Chemistry this summer (after finishing Honors Chemistry this year). Her last Chemistry class - she does not like chemistry. She will be taking Calculus I and II, Calculus Physics I, and C++ programming next year as a high school junior. We are clearing the deck for concentrating on her engineering, journalism (broadcast and documentary film), and Spanish for the next two years. Her career plans are solidifying.
The younger daughter (8th grade) will have completed 9th grade Physical Science and 10th grade Biology by the end of this year. She is also trying to clear the deck to focus on science and health career courses (certified nursing assistant) as well as her writing. She is thinking Biochemistry with a minor in Creative (possibly Technical) Writing. Then she plans to go on to medical school.
I have already paid for a bunch of courses, and I will be paying for several more to smooth their path. Education is very important to me. I would rather spend that money on education than just about anything else for entertainment.
Science is not a boy thing. In some ways I think women are smarter because they don't want to be confined to a cubicle (like me). I don't expect my older daughter to spend more than two years in a cube. I see her going out into the field working with her company's technology (whether it is cameras or editing software) to aid high end producers. I can see a high level job emerging from this approach. I suspect she will continue to make movies all along - combine that with the technical knowledge of the product- and you have a very powerful mix.
The younger one would make a great doctor. She reads anatomy books for entertainment already. We had a blast doing her biology at home and cutting up a bunch of different animals.
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