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Hacker High School Starts to Spread
thelordx writes "Hacker High School, an initiative from the non-profit Institute for Security and Open Methodology, pioneers of the OSSTMM have received some media coverage for their Hacker High School Program. It's a license-free open-source program that provides security and privacy-awareness teaching materials to teachers.
Here's the link to the BBC stream and article about the project."
The concept is interesting, although I hardly see this type of thing ever getting very big. Unfortunately, especially in the U.S., too many people will be against this kind of alternative teaching, probably likening it to getting kids to stay off drugs by encouraging them to try them first. I doubt there'd be much support for this outside the ISECOM, even though this type of experience would benefit anyone going into the network administration sector.
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FTA: "The school believes there could be jobs out there for this new breed of ethical hacker."
There are, and have been for quite some time. The FBI employs at least one former hacker, that I know of. There is an article that explores this a bit more, though it's a little dated.
Besides, high school kids already have too many freedoms: open campus lunches, driver's licenses, free thinking. We need to put an end to this now!
Digital Sailor