12 year olds aren't going to ask what compiling is. They're going to use what's available to them in the menus. The ones that ask what compiling is are the ones that will likely have your job when they get older and you retire. This is a good thing. Oh, and make sure they've all got sshd running and only listening to internal LAN addresses, then forward your port at the firewall to your machine then you can ssh around and fix things from there. There should be enough ways to admin these boxes remotely (if you have broadband available) when set up correctly to need to worry about being there all the time.
This is under the assumption that all gamers enjoy MMOs as well as FPS and RTS games. This is not the case. The opinion I give is my own as an MMO/FPS addict.
As of late, my obsession if Battlefield 2. I bought battlefield to pull me away from the redundancy of WoW. WoW is an incredibly fun game to play, but when you hit max level, which can be done in just a couple of weeks, you end up doing the same thing every day. My roommate raids Molten Core all day long and I don't know how he does it.
Simply put, WoW can't and isn't fulfilling all gamers' needs. It will need to look out for RFO (Rising Forces Online) in the near future which shows a lot of promise in gameplay and simplicity.
In all actuality, I reactivated both of my Lineage 2 accounts because (to me) WoW wasn't satisfying enough on the PvP side of the game.
For now, strap me in an F-35B and I'll dogfight with anyone in the sky.
Unfortunately from what I'd seen just a short 4 years ago in highschool (years 9 through 12), the mindset wasn't to learn all you can amongst the students. The current 'thing to do' is to make as many friends as you can and become as 'cool' or 'popular' as you can in the short time that you are there. I have to absolutely agree with previous poster on paying teachers by performance. At the educating facility where I attended 4 years, even the teachers were so absorbed in this that some students would get passing grades just for showing up and giving the educators someone to talk to about topics way off of what should have been taught.
Students choosing courses related to their interests and moving towards their goals would come around more quickly if there were a way to embed the realization that they only get 4 years to catch up to the rest of the world into their minds.
If not this fact, then to somehow help them want to learn all they can. Give them the opportunities as was said by another poster to do things like shop class, music, art, automotive. And FFS, give them the chance to go through these classes if not for a whole year then for just long enough to see if it sparks their interest.
Aside from what public education can do for you or your children, what can you do for public education? I can't believe how many students were given small businesses by their parents or given 30 thousand dollar vehicles by their parents for barely passing marks.
To this day, I show up from time to time at the schools I graduated from and try to inspire those who have a passion for what they do because honestly, greatness comes from passion.
When I think about it, I realise that if I don't help others learn now then who is going to be teaching to my children? Is it going to be someone who barely made it through school and the public school system picked them up because they needed a teacher?
Not if I can help it.
The world is advancing leaving generations upon generations to play 'catch-up'.
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12 year olds aren't going to ask what compiling is. They're going to use what's available to them in the menus. The ones that ask what compiling is are the ones that will likely have your job when they get older and you retire. This is a good thing. Oh, and make sure they've all got sshd running and only listening to internal LAN addresses, then forward your port at the firewall to your machine then you can ssh around and fix things from there. There should be enough ways to admin these boxes remotely (if you have broadband available) when set up correctly to need to worry about being there all the time.
Maybe you need to use a different scent, but it works for me.
As of late, my obsession if Battlefield 2. I bought battlefield to pull me away from the redundancy of WoW. WoW is an incredibly fun game to play, but when you hit max level, which can be done in just a couple of weeks, you end up doing the same thing every day. My roommate raids Molten Core all day long and I don't know how he does it.
Simply put, WoW can't and isn't fulfilling all gamers' needs. It will need to look out for RFO (Rising Forces Online) in the near future which shows a lot of promise in gameplay and simplicity.
In all actuality, I reactivated both of my Lineage 2 accounts because (to me) WoW wasn't satisfying enough on the PvP side of the game.
For now, strap me in an F-35B and I'll dogfight with anyone in the sky.
Unfortunately from what I'd seen just a short 4 years ago in highschool (years 9 through 12), the mindset wasn't to learn all you can amongst the students. The current 'thing to do' is to make as many friends as you can and become as 'cool' or 'popular' as you can in the short time that you are there. I have to absolutely agree with previous poster on paying teachers by performance. At the educating facility where I attended 4 years, even the teachers were so absorbed in this that some students would get passing grades just for showing up and giving the educators someone to talk to about topics way off of what should have been taught. Students choosing courses related to their interests and moving towards their goals would come around more quickly if there were a way to embed the realization that they only get 4 years to catch up to the rest of the world into their minds. If not this fact, then to somehow help them want to learn all they can. Give them the opportunities as was said by another poster to do things like shop class, music, art, automotive. And FFS, give them the chance to go through these classes if not for a whole year then for just long enough to see if it sparks their interest. Aside from what public education can do for you or your children, what can you do for public education? I can't believe how many students were given small businesses by their parents or given 30 thousand dollar vehicles by their parents for barely passing marks. To this day, I show up from time to time at the schools I graduated from and try to inspire those who have a passion for what they do because honestly, greatness comes from passion. When I think about it, I realise that if I don't help others learn now then who is going to be teaching to my children? Is it going to be someone who barely made it through school and the public school system picked them up because they needed a teacher? Not if I can help it. The world is advancing leaving generations upon generations to play 'catch-up'.