Our youngest is in the home stretch of his undergraduate education. The last tuition bill sits on my desk. He has been focused and worked hard. His science major has kept him busy doing homework until midnight many nights. His grades are good. He is goal oriented. Soon he will be job hunting. If you can believe what you hear, there will be a job for a someone in the sciences. He majored in chemistry with a track in analytical chem. His minor is environmental sciences. His dad and I imagined he might be employable at a company like 3M who need to clean up the mess they made in the groundwater near the Chemolite plant. Good benefits. Good company. A good future. He intends to take a break working for at least a year before heading to grad school. To advance in chemistry you need to do post graduate work.
Andy spent yesterday working with his brother in law. His eyes sparkled when he told me of a possible future job. One of the guys who works with son in-law Mike had a friend who was a chemist. He got a job at a local brewery doing quality control. "But that's not all, mom", he said, "He quit that job and got a job traveling to festivals around the world testing different beers". Dream job for a 22 yr old. Wouldn't he make his parents proud. 3M may have to wait for the boy wonder.
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