<p>I was under the impression that he would go in for hard sciences.</p>
<p>Simba:</p>
<p>Thank you. He’s always loved math. We used to make sure he ate up his food by posing math problems over meals while I shoveled food into his mouth. He’s loved string theory ever since 6th grade. So it’s been in the cards that he would do math/physics.</p>
<p>marite:</p>
<p>Math problems and shoveling food in mouth 
hahahahahah that is what provided nutrtion to my kids also when they were young. Few posters are like you who are insightful and friendly.</p>
<p>Yea, Marite and S! A happy holiday season for your family!</p>
<p>What a wonderful treat for the holiday season! You must be so pleased! Congrats to the whole family…</p>
<p>Marite:
Hmm… math problems while eating. Since he became hooked on string theory, I assume you served a lot of spaghetti .</p>
<p>Optimizerdad:</p>
<p>LOL. Actually, spaghetti is not great for shoveling. ;)</p>
<p>Send a lot of string cheese for snacks with him when he goes off to Harvard next fall :)</p>
<p>hmmm shoveled food into his mouth… string (bean) theory…</p>
<p>Anybody else read it as “it’s been in the carbs that he would do math/physics?” I had to read it twice!! :)</p>
<p>NJRes, I can see where your son gets his sense of humor! (the one who made the joke about the acceptance email from Columbia).</p>