Date: Mon, 12 Mar 2001 16:54:29 -0800 From: Kris Kennaway <kris@obsecurity.org> To: Daniel O'Connor <doconnor@gsoft.com.au> Cc: Rob <europax@home.com>, "freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG" <freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: How do you get kids interested in computers- other than play Message-ID: <20010312165428.A99268@mollari.cthul.hu> In-Reply-To: <XFMail.010313105330.doconnor@gsoft.com.au>; from doconnor@gsoft.com.au on Tue, Mar 13, 2001 at 10:53:30AM %2B1030 References: <3AAD626B.CC372925@home.com> <XFMail.010313105330.doconnor@gsoft.com.au>
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--J/dobhs11T7y2rNN Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Tue, Mar 13, 2001 at 10:53:30AM +1030, Daniel O'Connor wrote: >=20 > On 12-Mar-01 Rob wrote: > > The computer has just sat unused for weeks. > > =20 > > Did I screw up? Are children so used to being spoon-fed information > > that they no longer have > > the interest in independent investigation? This is a bright kid who > > claimed to have an=20 > > interest in computers. =20 > > =20 > > Oh, well thanks for listening to my rant. Maybe it will just take some > > time. Rob. >=20 > You could just install Python for Windows and see if he plays with that, = but I don't > think you can force someone to program :) Well, I got started programming *really* young, but I'm told I got started because I was intrigued by what my dad was doing with the computer, and wanted to learn how. Naturally, it wasn't long before I was better at it than he was, but by that point I was hooked for life :-) The competitive instinct is pretty strong in most children: start tinkering with it yourself and try and show him what you're doing, and you might find that he's tempted to outdo his old man :-) Kris --J/dobhs11T7y2rNN Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.0.4 (FreeBSD) Comment: For info see http://www.gnupg.org iD8DBQE6rW/EWry0BWjoQKURAq5iAKCH0DsyOxGbxJmxLqg7iWjd8Po9AgCg802j 04NkL8jhOlMp81rEtXyqBCo= =WsfZ -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --J/dobhs11T7y2rNN-- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message
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