Computers for children

From: Ward Donald Griffiths III <gram_at_cnct.com>
Date: Wed Jan 13 20:10:14 1999

Sam Ismail wrote:
>
> On Tue, 12 Jan 1999, Chuck McManis wrote:
>
> > My current plan is:
> > Topic Lab Equipment
> > Computer Fundamentals PDP-8 with some custom I/O hardware.
> > Programming Fundamentals I C64 + TV
> > Introduction to Robotics Lego Mindstorms
> > Programming Fundamentals FreeBSD system
> > Introduction to Graphics I C64 + TV
> > Introduction to Graphics II FreeBSD system with custom graphics card
>
> Gee, I wish I was your daughter. My dad's idea of cirriculum was:
>
> Topic Lab Equipment
> Raking Leaves Rake
> Mowing Lawns Lawnmower
> Pulling Weeds Hands
> Killing woodland mammals Rifle
> Blasting avian creatures from sky Shotgun
>
> I had to learn everything else on my own :)

Those last two items (rifle and shotgun) I had to learn on my own.
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