I don't think the youngster needs any encouragement to go into STEM. For that matter, I don't think we need to encourage any young people to go into STEM - the field is crowded enough already.
However, for those whose true passion lies in that direction, just stay out of their way.
Rather than read what somebody think is a classic, why don't you strive to get a better understanding of the medium of comics in general? For that, there is no better resource than Understanding Comics by Scott McCloud. It's not a book about comics, it is a comic about comics!
That being said, I haven't read any superhero stuff since I was 12, but in my ripe old age, I still enjoy Prince Valiant
For those that remember Calvin & Hobbes from their childhood: http://www.coffeeandcigarettes...
...and the follow up
The saddest Calvin & Hobbes comic ever (a fake I know, but still clever).
Yea, I think I would prefer a Solowheel.
The gar costs $9.99, the mobile Google Play license is $5000 a year.
You speak wisely Kimosabe. There is a shortage of welders now.
I remember the first time I flew into San Francisco decades ago. I was looking out the window when I got a weird deja-vu feeling I had been there before (I hadn't). It dawned on me later that I had recognized the scenery from playing MS Flight Simulator and flying into SF from Oakland many, many times.
Horrors, hell, and damnation! Are they paying those senior citizens for their labor? I thought not! They have effectively outsourced Brazilian language teachers with unpaid labor from the US!!
I tell my wife, the baseball fan, that watching baseball games on TV costs us over $600 a year. Personally, I've been ready to cut the cord for a while, there are plenty of better quality on-line options that are cheaper. Since watching on-line, just seeing TV commercials makes me ill anymore.
A simple (but unfortunately short) list is provided at the following site. Rumor has it these parks actually enforce rules. If you show up with a flashlifght, you will be escorted off the premises. Support your nearest dark sky state park!
Love may laugh at locksmiths, but he has a profound respect for money bags. -- Sidney Paternoster, "The Folly of the Wise"
