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> It's great that the kid wants to learn, but s/he's probably better off > financially if they save their money and buy something like Learning > Perl (or that K&R book about C I have yet to read.) > > I guess having guru's around is very important though. That's how I > learned good practices. (You should compare some code I've written to > my peer's, who doesn't spend time in IRC/Mailing lists.) They're only talking about 3 hours of tutoring a month. So the kid is mostly going to be self-taught; with that little tutoring time, the tutor's role is going to be as mentor and goad, not teacher. The parents may know enough about their child to know the need for a bit of leadership. -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean. _______________________________________________ Discuss mailing list [hidden email] http://lists.blu.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss
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