Originally Posted by ultramarina
This is interesting to me because DD's gifted magnet makes a big deal of emphaszing "leadership." It strikes me as a bit odd. Just because you're very bright doesn't mean you're a leader.

I almost feel like they are trying to create some sort of weird sense of "noblesse oblige" in these kids.

I thought one of the points of being more intelligent than everyone else was that you were obligated to take on the heavy burden of leadership in appropriately managing the direction of humanity.

That being said, what if Wren's daughter aspires to be nothing and chooses to live at home watching pro-wrestling and eating cheesy-puffs?

Or retired as a coupon clipper? If she wants to be a coupon clipper, she only really needs financial assets, which means that the most important thing is to transfer assets to her, rather than prepare her for anything.