My only reason for choosing Bean over Ender is this - Ender cannot face murder at all, even though for him it is instinctual. Bean, however, is well acquainted with it, and realizes that sometimes death is necessary.
That would be the only real reason not to choose Ender, in my opinion.

'I Will Follow You Into The Dark' by Death Cab for Cutie always reminded me of Bean and Petra. I could always picture Bean saying this, or maybe Petra. Love of mine some day you will die But I'll be close behind I'll follow you into the dark No blinding light or tunnels to gates of white Just our ha...

The Twilight books are a vampire romance - what happens when Bella, a 17yr old human, falls in love with a 108yr old vampire named Edward? They're really great books, there's a lot of action (not sexually) and adventure and excitement, aside from the romance. If not, Meyer's written an adult fiction...

I am pretty much against any spanking. And yes, you guys have all brought up times when it's "alright" - when you aren't angry, as a last resort, whatever. But realistically, it won't be people like us hitting our kids. It will usually be people hitting kids that shouldn't, in ways that ar...

Actually, not all of the slang was "out of nowhere." Most of it, surprisingly, came from japanese words. Having just realized this myself, last night, incidently, I happend across this.
http://www.geocities.com/enderjeesh/slang.html
Hope it helps.

I wouldn't say it's because you can lie to them easier than adults - Children are usually a lot more sensitve than adults, and they rely on their feeling of a situation, rather than the s**t they're being fed by whomever they're speaking to. I find children are often more difficult to lie to, becaus...