I would hope that you are right, but unless the bill was ammended after coming out of conference committee I don't see how that could be. According to Division B, Title II, States are certified to be in compliance, not documents. And to be certified, Drivers Licenses must be (according to Sec 202(c)(2)(B)) A State shall require, before issuing a driver's license or identification card to a person, valid documentary evidence that the person-- (i) is a citizen or national of the United States; (ii) is an alien lawfully admitted for permanent or temporary residence in the United States; (iii) has conditional permanent resident status in the United States; (iv) has an approved application for asylum in the United States or has entered into the United States in refugee status; (v) has a valid, unexpired nonimmigrant visa or nonimmigrant visa status for entry into the United States; (vi) has a pending application for asylum in the United States; (vii) has a pending or approved application for temporary protected status in the United States; (viii) has approved deferred action status; or (ix) has a pending application for adjustment of status to that of an alien lawfully admitted for permanent residence in the United States or conditional permanent resident status in the United States.
Since TN issues Drivers licenses to illegal aliens, TN can't be certified and none of its ID's are valid at airports. I'll admit that I am not a lawyer, but the wording doesn't seem that tricky or vague.
For teaching kids, much of the responsibility
is on the teacher, not the language, and getting them off to a good start and with enough interest that they eventually don't mind coding the 'boring' stuff themselves, and their ideas and solutions may surprise you.
This is true no matter the subject and no matter the age of the student. The biggest question that I would have for the original poster is "Where do your intentions lie? Will you be actively teaching, or are you looking for a language that the children would pursue on their own?" If the former, then I would say pick something that you know well and feel capable of teaching to someone of that age. I have seen more teachers fail because they are trying to teach the way that they are "supposed to teach". If the latter, it should be fairly simple, and have lots of examples at hand. In my experience, most programmers that learned without the benefit of a formal teacher, took example code and decided to "enhance" it, which is pretty much the same thing as the previous poster recommends, but without the formal teacher.
Some teachers just teach. The good ones encourage their student to learn first.
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I would hope that you are right, but unless the bill was ammended after coming out of conference committee I don't see how that could be. According to Division B, Title II, States are certified to be in compliance, not documents. And to be certified, Drivers Licenses must be (according to Sec 202(c)(2)(B))
A State shall require,
before issuing a driver's license or identification card
to a person, valid documentary evidence that the person--
(i) is a citizen or national of the United States;
(ii) is an alien lawfully admitted for permanent or
temporary residence in the United States;
(iii) has conditional permanent resident status in
the United States;
(iv) has an approved application for asylum in the
United States or has entered into the United States in
refugee status;
(v) has a valid, unexpired nonimmigrant visa or
nonimmigrant visa status for entry into the United
States;
(vi) has a pending application for asylum in the
United States;
(vii) has a pending or approved application for
temporary protected status in the United States;
(viii) has approved deferred action status; or
(ix) has a pending application for adjustment of
status to that of an alien lawfully admitted for permanent
residence in the United States or conditional permanent
resident status in the United States.
Since TN issues Drivers licenses to illegal aliens, TN can't be certified and none of its ID's are valid at airports. I'll admit that I am not a lawyer, but the wording doesn't seem that tricky or vague.
You had better tell Microsoft's Developer Network. Seems they don't know.
This is true no matter the subject and no matter the age of the student. The biggest question that I would have for the original poster is "Where do your intentions lie? Will you be actively teaching, or are you looking for a language that the children would pursue on their own?" If the former, then I would say pick something that you know well and feel capable of teaching to someone of that age. I have seen more teachers fail because they are trying to teach the way that they are "supposed to teach".
If the latter, it should be fairly simple, and have lots of examples at hand. In my experience, most programmers that learned without the benefit of a formal teacher, took example code and decided to "enhance" it, which is pretty much the same thing as the previous poster recommends, but without the formal teacher.
Some teachers just teach. The good ones encourage their student to learn first.