Engineer is one of the three professions that people predict my son will end up in--either engineer, college professor or politician. I would like to make sure he gets the education to make all of these choices possible. Maybe he could do all three at different times in his life.
But I am hoping my son can maybe think of following the rules that he would rather not follow as playing a part in one of his plays. You have to follow the script but you also have to be prepared when something unexpected happens and be able to ad lib when you have to because the show must go on. At the end of the day you can go home and make your own rules.
My husband even talked about how he used to go into his "first sergeant act" or his "supervisor act." Those were roles he played very well, but that is not really him. He is not like that at home.
