Re:Kids and computers (Score 1)

I can agree with you there.

My main point was, I think a lot of people are trying to get their kids into certain things and they overlook some of the requirements in life.

I'm not trying to discourage anybody from doing things, I just don't like to see kids get picked on and have low self-esteem because they are considered "geeks".

I had 2 things going for me when I was younger. I grew up with the popular jock kids, but I was friends with the geeks. The best thing that happened to me was moving in with my dad. I had to change schools and instantly I had a great social life, got more involved with sports, and found out that jocks really aren't dumb. I didn't really get picked on beforehand because I grew up with the right kids, but when I switched schools, got into sports, and broke out of my shell, the world opened up and things have been great since.

Now, I have met some engineers and programmers who knew nothing about their vocation until they were an adult and decided to get into it. Some of them are better than the lifers.

Well, I don't know why I posted here, I don't have enough time to post, read, reply on here. I think it was just a pet peeve when I read something about getting kids into computers.

I remember getting off the bus when I was a sophmore in High School. Everybody started throwing gum at this kid from my programming class. He just put his head down and kept walking while being pelted with gum. I yelled at everybody to knock it off, and said it wasn't cool. If I didn't grow up knowing what it was like not being the "cool" kids because I was more of the geek, then I probably wouldn't have done that. I can't say enough about developing social skills. Some of the greatest minds in the world, are working for a loud mouth or micro-manager no-nothing, and it's a sad thing.