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Sciencey Heroes For Young Children?
An anonymous reader writes "Unhappy that all his friends have heroes he knows nothing about (they've all chosen hockey players — actually a hockey player: Sidney Crosby), my eight-year-old son asked me if I would find him a 'cool hero.' When pressed to define 'cool,' he very earnestly gave me this list of acceptable professions: 'Astronauts, explorers, divers, scientists, and pilots.' A second and only slightly less worthy tier of occupations includes 'inventors, meteorologists, and airplane designers.' To be eligible for hero status, an individual must be (1) accomplished in one of these fields, (2) reasonably young (it pains me to report that Dottie Metcalf-Lindenburger, NASA's youngest astronaut and now just 31, barely makes the cut), and, critically to my naive son's way of thinking, (3) respected by third graders nationwide. Ignoring that last criterion, or not, what heroes would you suggest from the sciences as people whose lives and accomplishments would be compelling to an eight-year-old mind?"
I heard he got first place in his high school science fair. I have no idea why he's pursing a career in photojournalism.
Taking guns away from the 99% gives the 1% 100% of the power.
Thank you! Mythbusters is just a bunch of guys goofing around. The scientific method rarely plays a part in their form of entertainment. Besides, am I the only one who thinks the main guys' personalities (especially the one without the beret) are annoying as heck?
"He who can destroy a thing, controls a thing." --Paul Atreides, Dune
Richard Stallman - he may not be cool but holds the world record for number of cocks sucked in a day. That's a hero in my book.
Damn! He sure like chicken! Why doesn't he eat hens like the rest of us?
RIP America
July 4, 1776 - September 11, 2001
I can't believe this got rated Flamebait.
Why do you need so many more words to say the same thing I said?