Starting early today, I left work for refilling my parent's medications at Safeway. It's raining, so the sky was already very dark even at 4:00 pm. While waiting for the refill, I wandered around to appreciate all the cookies and cakes because I was a bit hungry but eventually only grabbed a bottle of drink. Seeing a lady who was very alike a former neighbor. I nodded to her and even asked her if she was that lady. She replied with smile politely that she didn't think so. Trust me, I didn't try to use a trick to pick up a woman but did think she was one of my former neighbors.
Not having planned to go to gym tonight, I parked the van in the garage. After dinner, I had been falling into sleep until midnight. Now, it's already almost 2 in the morning. As I shared, my son will come back home during Thanksgiving break starting this Thursday. He already asked me to drive him to go watching new 007. He has been struggling with his Integral Calculus this quarter, though, at the beginning, he told me his was fine. The problem for him, just like he told me on the phone last week, is that he didn't want to make extra effort. He knows the issue but can't change the attitude. As I shared before, most of the students in the class are pursuing Engineering majors, he probably feels this class is not for him. However, he would like to discuss with me during the break what he really wants to study. I told him the reason I encouraged him to pursue a Bachelor of Science in Economics was to get a social science degree with rigorous college level mathematics trainings. I never pressured him to follow my advice. Now, if he has already figured out his truly loved subject, I am more than happy for him to change. I always believe only the passion and interest can have a college student studying hard. What he has learned including Differentiation, Integrals and three Economics courses aren't waste, they will help him in future he may not realize at this moment.
I guess he had also learned a lot of things and got advice by himself at school and believe he knows himself the best. I am not sure if his true passion is in drama. He has selected Drama 252 in next quarter. Meanwhile he did select Statistic 311 as well, which is one of the prerequisites for Economics major. He does want to take a break from Multivariate Calculus. He seems still not decisive. The reason he didn't select Intermediate Macroeconomics was that it was restricted to the students who have already been admitted to the major. Alternatively, he selected another higher level Psychology class.
My son told me that people considered him pretty talented after having conversations with him, he just can't study hard to become an excellent student in difficult subjects. Our education system gives students a lot of options, so I don't worry. However, I told him that I would help him review Integrals during this break.
Ok, it's already 2:21 am, let me find a pleasant song to kick me back to bed. Yeah, Yanni's In the Morning Light...
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