On Nov 13, 5:40 pm, Caledonia wrote:

Interesting. A guy in my high school's G&T program ended up getting a
PhD in Philosophy from Princeton, and he found the best fit to be
landscaping maintenance at a cemetery, which gives him time to think
in a relatively quiet setting.

I'm too easily inclined to anthropomorphizing, and am too much of a
carnivore, hence farming would be a bad fit for me.

Once I turned 20 (a few decades ago) I realized that the whole
advantage gained by 'achieving' in school is because said achievements
offer one more choices in life. That's my story as a 'SAHM volunteer,'
and I'm sticking with it.

In particular, high-achieving females (HAFs) can attend good
universities and join companies where they can meet and marry high-
achieving men who stay in the work force and earn good money, thus
enabling the HAFs to be SAHMs, work part-time, or work at a low-paying
but fulfilling job. This seems like the predominant pattern for the
many high-IQ female regulars of this ng. I will want my daughter to
get a good education primarily for this reason, rather than the
possibility of her having a high-powered career (which is negatively
correlated with the probability of her having a large family).