From owner-freebsd-chat Mon Mar 12 16:54:34 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org Received: from obsecurity.dyndns.org (adsl-63-207-60-59.dsl.lsan03.pacbell.net [63.207.60.59]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 99AAD37B718 for ; Mon, 12 Mar 2001 16:54:29 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from kris@obsecurity.org) Received: by obsecurity.dyndns.org (Postfix, from userid 1000) id 28DD766B6C; Mon, 12 Mar 2001 16:54:29 -0800 (PST) Date: Mon, 12 Mar 2001 16:54:29 -0800 From: Kris Kennaway To: Daniel O'Connor Cc: Rob , "freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG" Subject: Re: How do you get kids interested in computers- other than play Message-ID: <20010312165428.A99268@mollari.cthul.hu> References: <3AAD626B.CC372925@home.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-md5; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="J/dobhs11T7y2rNN" Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.5i In-Reply-To: ; from doconnor@gsoft.com.au on Tue, Mar 13, 2001 at 10:53:30AM +1030 Sender: owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org --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