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To: re3 who wrote (83509)	1/14/2000 8:49:00 PM
From: Ilaine	Respond to of 86076

My 14 year old is studying C++ in 9th grade. He's the only 9th grader in his class, the rest are 11th and 12th graders, but at another local school, a lot of 9th graders are studying it.

To: re3 who wrote (83509)	1/15/2000 8:29:00 AM
From: eddie r gammon	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 86076

Yeah I started on my nephews butt over 7 years ago trying to get him to start taking computer classes in high school then go to Texas State Technical Institute. The little plick did not get started until about 3 years ago. He is a sharp little s**t on the stuff. erg

To: re3 who wrote (83509)	1/15/2000 10:27:00 AM
From: flatsville	Respond to of 86076

ike--Thanks for the link. I just started my nine year old two weeks ago with kiddie game programming software. It's pretty simple and he's loosing interest. Fortunately I was able to find very cool 3-D game programming software for him to tackle next. The deal is if he completes the "baby software" he gets to move-up the the jr. high/high school level stuff in short order. If c4k.com could offer classes on-line they'd make a mint. Elementary and middle schools just won't or can't teach these skills. If they teach it on the high school level more often than not they get it wrong. An example: The last public school district we were in forced a kid age 16, who could have probably gone out and earned a living as a programmer, to spin his wheels in a semester long "keyboarding" class because it was a prerequisite. No access to the computers at schoold without the keyboarding class first. His parents tried to argue a case for letting him "test out" of the requirement. No go. This kid was so pissed he seriously thought about taking the school district network down to teach them a lesson. If the distict were smart they would have had this kid tutoring others or working independent study.