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- From: sowens@nmo.gtegsc.com (Steve Owens)
- Newsgroups: comp.edu,comp.lang.c,comp.lang.c++
- Subject: Re: C or C++ for a 14-year old? The definitive reply
- Date: 23 Jan 1996 18:09:14 GMT
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- : When I was 17 a teacher in HiSchool was trying to covence everyone
- : (Felow students, my parents etc) that I didn't know computers
- : and that I couldn't posably know computers. Eventualy she showed the truth
- : is she was JUST learning how to USE a computer and felt a little challanged
- : by the fact that a student in her class knew more than her.
- : My mother even presented a fist full of letters from computer experts
- : a University Prosesor and a congratulations on winning first prise
- : in our contest letter...
- : This stuff should be enough to get me a job NOW... but I was 17
- : and as far as that teacher was conserned no one could know computers
- : and not be in Colage...
- : Well things have changed but I still kinda get anoyed when
- : an adult said kids are just bragging when they talk computer programming.
- : I am 26 now... Ok I am JUST NOW Learning C... My pore Vic20
- : didn't do C... It did Basic and ML... so I learned both... and Forth
- : (Got a Forth language cart later)
- : I feal kids SHOULD learn programming early....
- : I also feal thies adults who hold kids away from computers should get
- : a dose of reality... "Computers stifle creativity"
- : I don't think ANYONE who knows computers would make THAT clame... That one
- : comes from artests who rely on "traditional matreals"....
- : I don't think anyone ever said painting stifles creativity... or music...
- : computer artests would easly chalange that notion anyway...
- : Jeff
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- Jeff,
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- I think its great that you are becoming an accomplished programmer and
- have been introduced to so many programming languages. However, this
- inability to spell will hinder you (and my kids) in so many ways as you
- try to succeed in a competitive job market.
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- Take some time to go back and overcome what undoubtedly was a missing
- link in your educational experience. Use a spell checker often and try
- to make an effort to remember how words are spelled.
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- There are at least 6 to 8 misspellings (trying not to count finger-checks)
- and when you go much over two in a page of text you really start to lose
- credibility.
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