<p>I don’t think he has trouble with long hours, as long as he’s enjoying what he’s doing. He can spend hours and hours on the computer and working on his writing, and spent many hours on chem homework, as I said. He just doesn’t have to study more than 10 minutes, which is a gift, I guess, even if it makes me crazy. However, with everything else, I would have to classify him as a little less than ambitious, which is probably because everything academic comes so easy to him.</p>
<p>I took another look at MIT and WPI, but I wasn’t totally sold on what I saw. WPI’s humanities and arts all seem to be geared towards science and technology. For instance, he doesn’t want to take philosophy classes that are only about how the world is effected by technology. And MIT seemed to be a little limiting too for someone who wants to explore a liberal arts curriculum. </p>
<p>When asked, he will tell you that although he loves computers and game design, he would rather have a well-rounded education and learn about anything and everything than focus on just the tech side of things, which is why we were looking at LACs. This is a kid who enjoys watching the Discovery and History channels and even taught himself to read hieroglyphics because he was fascinated by ancient Egypt.</p>
<p>It’s hard to find the right school for someone odd like him! And then when you do find it, you have to cross your fingers that he gets in.</p>