When I talk to my kids about school, I talk about choice. It has always seemed to me that the more choice you have in life the better. So I encourage my kids to take a variety of courses, be active inside and outside of the classroom and do their very best at whatever they tackle. In doing so, I believe that they will have a variety of options available to them when it comes to further education, employment and all the other things life has to offer. They will have more choice. In my final year of high school, I decided to drop all my science courses in favor of extra spare periods that meant I only had two classes in my final semester.. This would allow of course, extra time for studying while at school during spare periods (socializing), university prep (spending time with my boyfriend) and planning my future (going to bars and dancing all night). As a result, the choice of becoming a marine biologist was removed from the table as an option...