<p>BZ2010...the school of the hard knocks of motherhood certainly helps. Thanks</p>
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<p>Oh, that's easy. Just tell him he's not allowed to.</p>
<p>He'll do it just to spite you. ;)</p>
<p>Zaphod, You beat me too it. The other way (at least for my youngest) is to tell him he needs to mow the lawn. He'll suddenly find a great book that he needs to read for school.</p>
<p>Peskemom, your advice is right on. My kids have always been great readers, but sometimes they get lazy. We had to take the Harry Potter books away from my daughter a few years ago when she admitted she was reading the first one for the fifth time. I love to read books over and over, but there's just too much good literature to waste on the easy stuff.</p>
<p>My daughter is a great writer and I also believe it comes from being a reader.</p>
<p>Now, anyone got any tips on a really smart girl who struggles with the math grade, no matter how much work she puts into it? :confused:</p>
<p>She thinking she might go History or English, just to avoid the highest math and engineering classes.</p>
<p>Got scooped in church this a.m. One of our Mids was home for the "long" weekend. I asked him which are the brainkilling majors. He said most would prbly say aero and mechanical. He's a systems guy.</p>
<p>When you cut to the chase, all of the accredited engineering majors are difficult considering that midshipmen need to complete their course of study in four years along with a minor in Naval Science and a plethora of other graduation requirements. At a civilian university, it normally takes five or more years to earn a similar engineering degree.</p>
<p>Ditto to Navy1985's previous post. Midshipmen should select a major that they are interested in pursuing. Service selection does not depend upon your major. For example, you do not need to major in Aerospace Engineering to become a naval aviator. </p>
<p>And for those of you who decide to become "bull" majors, you will have higher GPA's and also get a lot more sleep.</p>
<p>You bring up a good point that leads to another question re: service selection.</p>
<p>Would the 3.4 history major be more inclined to get that aviation slot than the 2.4 aerospace eng? How's it work?</p>
<p>WhistlePig...you should have seen me last night. I'm in my room with a calculator, a copy of Brief Points, a copy of my Plebe's first grade report and I'm trying to figure out the crazy QPR system that USNA uses to calculate grades and ultimately class standing for a mid. I felt like I needed a degree in rocket science to even have a clue as to how and why USNA simply doesn't calculate a straight GPA like other colleges do. What I finally realized the next morning ...as I'm talking with my alum husband ( I know, I know, I should have asked him first, but I'm too stubborn to do that sometimes) is that USNA considers a 4.0 Chemistry grade higher in value than a 3.0 Language grade. So this tells me that the weightier 4 unit math/science classes which include labs sometimes, carry more weight of an "A" grade, than a 3 unit Humanities course or a 2 unit Leadership...My guess, and I'd love other alum to weigh in on this - is that after 4 years, if you have an aerospace major with basically straight "A's" in academics, lined up against a straight "A" English major - when all the QPR calculation is said and done, and all their military/physical scores are identical, that the aero major actually has a higher class rank due to the more difficult coursework taken in those 4 unit class courses. </p>
<p>I'm really curious to see if this is correct???</p>
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<p>Yes, but not so much "inclined" as "with a much better shot".</p>
<p>I don't know if identical GPA's in one major are counted more than in another. Never heard that before.</p>