They are literally doing the jobs Americans don't want to do.
Not many American want to go to college.
Even fewer want to go to graduate school.

#4 | Posted by snoofy at 2025-05-29 10:24 AM

Our #4 granddaughter is not only going to college, she's already nearly a senior after finishing only two years of school. She's attending my alma mater and although she's not studying engineering, I'll give her a break as she's going for a double major in Chemistry and Physics, with a minor in Math. She was awarded a full, four-year tuition scholarship and has already started to take graduate level classes in Chemistry. Her GPA is 3.96 and she was awarded a summer undergraduate research fellowship. She also tutors chemistry students during the regular semester, which includes doing a weekly review for undergrads, which technically she is, despite the fact that this job is usually only offered to grad students.

In addition to her academic work, she runs every day, weather permitting (the school is in the UP of Michigan, and considering that she was born in Dallas and raised in Houston, she adapted very quickly). Last fall she ran her first half-marathon and intends on doing it again this fall. She reads the Bible every morning and hardly ever misses church on Sunday (my brother and his wife live just 30 miles from the campus and she attends church with them, again when weather permitting). She also plays the piano (self taught) and has found at least four pianos on campus where she can play anytime she wishes. And speaking of self-teaching, she's learning Japanese in her spare time. She also draws very complex doodle art using pen & ink on small, 5 1/2 x 4 1/4 card stock. She's drawn several especially for me. She's also been elected to chair a women's group on campus.

Anyway, there are kids who are smart and then there are kids who are scary smart. Our granddaughter is scary smart.

And Oh, one other thing, maybe this Asian thing has something to it. Her mother is half Asian (her maternal grandmother was Korean and Japanese and her maternal grandfather was German American). On her father's side, we're Welsh/Polish on my wife's side and Flemish/German on my side. And while she doesn't look all that much Asian, and her mother never really did anything to promote that part of her heritage at home, she did join the Asian student organization, but had to show them a picture of her mother before they would believe her.

Anyway, we're very proud of our granddaughter, as we are of our other five, but because she decided to go to my alma mater, she's kind of special, at least for me.

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