<p>My suggestion would be to read for pleasure, since it’s doubtful you’ll have time for the much once you’re in school. Also asked S1, who just walked in the kitchen. He said he enjoyed ‘Warrior Politics’ by Robert Kaplan. Re: the upcoming elections, he also read ‘The Grand Chessboard,’ and ‘The Return of History and End of Dreams,’ by guys who are foreign policy advisors to Obama and McCain (he preferred the former book). </p>
<p>Don’t know where your interests lie, but other things being done by the ‘young people’ here this summer:
first attempt at a triathlon
playing in the community band
volunteering
swimming
staying up entirely too late and oversleeping (this is a popular one)</p>
<p>While these pale in comparison to say, a vacation in Europe or the Pacific Northwest, they’ll have to do for the time being.</p>