Begin like this, "How do you solve a difficult problem? Anyone? Gee, I hope none of you encounter a difficult problem. The tools used by the greatest minds in history to solve the most difficult problems in the world are available to you, too. "
I'm never around kids but I have an assumption that the scientific method is not given the reverence it deserves. I think you could give a very memorable talk on this subject while working in the details of the programming life.
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Begin like this, "How do you solve a difficult problem? Anyone? Gee, I hope none of you encounter a difficult problem. The tools used by the greatest minds in history to solve the most difficult problems in the world are available to you, too. " I'm never around kids but I have an assumption that the scientific method is not given the reverence it deserves. I think you could give a very memorable talk on this subject while working in the details of the programming life.