Until recently, Broadway has contended he wants to finish high school and go into the military. Maybe try to get into special forces. JrROTC has been a BIG thing for him, and something that has kept him eagerly returning to school each weekday.
He got signed up for Robotics by default.
Basically, there was a computer glitch when he signed up for courses at the end of his freshman year and he didn't get assigned a "bridge class." The high school classes rotate each day, and the bridge class is the one class allotted a shorter time period, but taken every day.
The class that was left over when he visited the guidance office? Robotics.
Some things are just meant to be!
Broadway has taken Robotics by storm. He has even joined the Robotics competitive team which travels to test it's robotic creations against those of other robotics teams from other schools. The robotics team brings in mentors to work with the kids on their projects, and Broadway has taken the opportunity to really talk to these folks. In formulating and planning the gears of the next robot, some gears in Broadway's head have started turning in a new direction.
On Friday Broadway came home from a late robotics work session with something he wanted to tell us. After talking at length to the mentors, Broadway has come up (all on his own) with a plan for the future. He has decided to take Physics in his junior and senior years of high school, and go directly to college upon graduation... for Nuclear Physics or Nuclear Engineering!
To say I'm pleased with this new goal would be a huge understatement! Broadway is plotting out a number of possibilities for reaching his goal, including going to VA Western for a year or two to going directly to VA Tech and participating in ROTC while there. After getting a degree, he thinks he may join the Navy and work on nuclear submarines for a while. Of course that is still open, as he might just go straight into the corporate world, but his glee is evident as he talks about the possibilities his new goals will open up for him.
That's Broadway in the middle.
He got signed up for Robotics by default.
Basically, there was a computer glitch when he signed up for courses at the end of his freshman year and he didn't get assigned a "bridge class." The high school classes rotate each day, and the bridge class is the one class allotted a shorter time period, but taken every day.
The class that was left over when he visited the guidance office? Robotics.
Some things are just meant to be!
Broadway has taken Robotics by storm. He has even joined the Robotics competitive team which travels to test it's robotic creations against those of other robotics teams from other schools. The robotics team brings in mentors to work with the kids on their projects, and Broadway has taken the opportunity to really talk to these folks. In formulating and planning the gears of the next robot, some gears in Broadway's head have started turning in a new direction.
On Friday Broadway came home from a late robotics work session with something he wanted to tell us. After talking at length to the mentors, Broadway has come up (all on his own) with a plan for the future. He has decided to take Physics in his junior and senior years of high school, and go directly to college upon graduation... for Nuclear Physics or Nuclear Engineering!
Broadway and The Skink discussing the inner workings of a nuclear generator?
To say I'm pleased with this new goal would be a huge understatement! Broadway is plotting out a number of possibilities for reaching his goal, including going to VA Western for a year or two to going directly to VA Tech and participating in ROTC while there. After getting a degree, he thinks he may join the Navy and work on nuclear submarines for a while. Of course that is still open, as he might just go straight into the corporate world, but his glee is evident as he talks about the possibilities his new goals will open up for him.
Yup - that works for me! And you better believe I'll do everything I can to see that he reaches his goals! And that he gets enough to eat... so we took them to IHOP for dinner :o)
The Skink - working on a blueprint for a nuclear power converter.
Yes... I'm PROUD!
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