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- From: genew@mindlink.bc.ca (Gene Wirchenko)
- Newsgroups: comp.edu,comp.lang.c,comp.lang.c++
- Subject: Re: C or C++ for a 14-year old? The definitive reply - You said it!!
- Date: Thu, 25 Jan 1996 05:57:32 GMT
- Organization: MIND LINK! - British Columbia, Canada
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- Rory Barr <R.J.Barr@durham.ac.uk> wrote:
-
- >Jeffery C McLean wrote:
- >> 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. ^^^^^^ ^^^
- >.
- >[snip](Needless to say it was much of the same)
- >.
- >.
- >> 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
- >> --
- >> felinoid@ccnet.com
- >> http://www.ccnet.com/~felinoid/
-
- >Jeff I think that is what you would call 'shooting oneself in the foot'!
- >Let me apologize if you are a newcomer to the English language and this
- >was your best attempt. Let me also apologize if you suffer from
- >dyslexia, although I would have thought if that was the case aspiring to
-
- He has previously stated that he does.
-
- >be a professional programmer is perhaps not the best idea.
- >Personally whilst I am still a few years younger than yourself I appear
- >to have only started to "know" computers a little late in life
- >(according to you) at the age of 19 on starting University. Now however,
- >just 4 years later having completed a degree (not in computing) I am a
- >professional programmer, coding in C++.
- >The way I see it is that nobody is too old to start learning how to use
- >computers. However it is extremely important to get a good all round
- >education at a younger age. It is far more important to be able to read
-
- In this day and age, computers are used widely, wouldn't you
- agree? A well-rounded education then ought to include computers.
-
- >and write properly than it is to complete every level of Doom or write
- >perfect c++ code. I do think that computer literacy is an important
- >assest for youngsters in this day and age, but it is useless if a child
- >reaches the age of 20 and is completely socially inept having spent the
- >last 10 years glued to a monitor in his/her bedroom. Afterall we all
-
- It's not like there's any way he could carry on technical
- discussions or anything, eh? Ever heard of the Internet?
-
- >know how easy it is to get carried away with your coding and spend hours
- >at a time infront of your machine without moving.
-
- Or you can get addicted to TV, baseball, etc.
-
- >To anyone else reading this post: If you are 14 or even younger go and
- >do something different! You have got plenty of time ahead of you to
- >learn how to program and there are much more worthwhile things you could
- >be doing with your time.
-
- Kids, do whatever you want that's constructive. I'm sure that a
- lot of you can learn more than one thing <G>. Keep things in balance
- and you'll do alright.
-
- >Rory.
-
- >#include <stdsclmr.h>
-
- Sincerely,
-
- Gene Wirchenko
-
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