From Gang Bangers to Web Developers?

Posted by Cliff on Thursday October 25, 2001 @03:01AM from the turning-ones-life-around dept.

evenprime asks: "The Economist is running an article about a program that takes gang members in Milwaukee, sends them through rehab, and teaches them web development so that they can have a decent paying job. I think this type of program - one that gives people the ability to help themselves - is a great idea, and it is something that many of us could help with. Do slashdot readers know of any similar programs in other places? If so, what type of qualifications do you think they would require before allowing someone to help teach web design?" Such programs are just too damned cool. Are there any others like it?

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requirements for the staff positions... by turbine216 · 2001-10-25 03:06 · Score: 1, Flamebait

as far as i know, the only requirement for getting a teaching position in this program is being able to translate gang-banger-ese into geek-ese.

For example:

beeitch = troll

sheeeit = w00t!

gonna smoke that mofo = i'm gonna frag him!
Similar Program by blixel · 2001-10-25 03:24 · Score: 0, Flamebait

Such programs are just too damned cool. Are there any others like it?

The Taliban has a similar program. Only it works the other way around. They take decent respectable impressionable young Muslims and turn them into terrorists who hijack jumbo jets and crash them into buildings.