KJP-- your DS sounds much like my DD at that age. She never grew "out" of her community-oriented outlook, and has chosen a lot of community service and leadership roles that make sense to her in light of those interests.

It's all very personal to her. One of the reasons that she wanted to stay local for college was that she has spent the better part of a decade getting the NPO organizers here to understand that she's AUTHENTIC, and she's not "just a little kid" but has real passion for the work-- she'd have been starting over somewhere else.

One of the things she is most pleased about after being named a Presidential Scholar is that this comes with opportunities for leadership and community service-- which to her is almost as wonderful as the $$.



Schrödinger's cat walks into a bar. And doesn't.