Most of the fun in rebelling is the thrill of getting away with it, and if you rebel in ways that no one outside your family would give a rat's ass about, you can get away with a lot more.
. . . I just had a thought. What if, against her parents' expectations and to the shock of everyone, Merrie actually has a knack for math and science? She'd nitpick her father's half-assed attempt at a sci-fi novel and give her parents nightmares about tuition costs involved for someone going into a STEM field.
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Date: 2013-12-19 11:16 pm (UTC). . . I just had a thought. What if, against her parents' expectations and to the shock of everyone, Merrie actually has a knack for math and science? She'd nitpick her father's half-assed attempt at a sci-fi novel and give her parents nightmares about tuition costs involved for someone going into a STEM field.