My father works teaching Cisco networking to kids in Juvinile hall. As one of the vaunted exceptions, he had one student graduate (from high school, mind you) and go on to land a job making 80k a year doing networking (with no college).
As the rule, though, its the first time in the history of juvinile hall that they've had students ask to come back after being discharged - just to complete his courses.
I believe that, with exposure, kids grow up faster. They participate in forums like this, read news, even if it may be limited to topics of interest to them. It reminds me of a book I read so long ago, by the name of Enders Game (Orson Scott Card). Two of the main characters (children) decided they'd use their equivalent of the net to create political persona to try and steer impending events that they foresaw.
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My father works teaching Cisco networking to kids in Juvinile hall. As one of the vaunted exceptions, he had one student graduate (from high school, mind you) and go on to land a job making 80k a year doing networking (with no college). As the rule, though, its the first time in the history of juvinile hall that they've had students ask to come back after being discharged - just to complete his courses. I believe that, with exposure, kids grow up faster. They participate in forums like this, read news, even if it may be limited to topics of interest to them. It reminds me of a book I read so long ago, by the name of Enders Game (Orson Scott Card). Two of the main characters (children) decided they'd use their equivalent of the net to create political persona to try and steer impending events that they foresaw.