Hi All, Just an update to say the free Perl programming course I ran for the local school has finished. Total of 5, 1hr lessons over 5 weeks. The class had an average of 13 students aged 11 to 16 (despite me stipulating 13 - 19). 3 did very well, 3 did well when they focused, 3 were just a pain trying to show off all the time, the rest tried hard.
I was quite surprised that given this was a totally optional after school class, 1 seemed to turn up just to make things difficult. The mind boggles... Today was the last class, the kid that was a real pain didn't show up, probably because I sent him out the previous week. 2 girls played up extra in his absence (they were all friends), I had to tell one to sit in the corner. After the class I found a couple of the lads that did very well waiting by the gate, one had written me a thank you card which was quite touching. Although after reading the card I noticed the two girls I'd told off had been picked up and were giving me the finger from the back of their parents car. Seems you can't please everyone :s The 3 that were are problem were all aged 11 & 12, so it seems the 13 minimum stipulation was right in the first place. At the next school I'll re-enforce this point more. I'm probably going to post the course material I put together in parts, with the hope you'll point out the bits I missed, terminology I got wrong, grammar, etc. Once that's done I'll get it online, update PerlProject.org and take on the much harder task of trying to convince other Perl groups around the country to offer the same... Lyle _______________________________________________ BristolBathPM mailing list [email protected] http://mailman.bristolbath.org/mailman/listinfo/bristolbathpm
