Alan,
When I was sixteen I spent most of my senior year of high school in
a hospital out in LA. I had a teacher named Al Colburn that used to come
see me twice a week and bring me homework and such from LA City, and he was
instrumental in getting me into USC the next year. You wouldn't happen to
be THAT AC would you? All I have of him as a memento is an autograph he put
in a copy of "The Drifters" by James Michener, but we grew quite close that
year and then while in college I used to get him tickets to all the home
games at the Coliseum. He got me a free ticket to super bowl 7 between
Washington and Miami in 73 as well! He was a teacher by profession too
that's why I asked.
As for your questions have you looked at the About.com web site for
Delphi? They have a large number of tutorials and examples posted there for
all levels. It's one of the best sources I've found. Other than that I
once took a 3 day seminar with Cary Jenson, down in Washington DC, who
specializes in Delphi education. It was a well spent 3 days but rather
expensive when you add the cost of the hotel room and food.
from Robert Meek dba Tangentals Design
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf
Of Alan Colburn
Sent: Wednesday, December 14, 2005 1:05 PM
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Subject: Looking for an Instructor & Course ...
Hi all --
Delphi is a wonderful language--in fact, I can't figure out why anyone would
choose C++ when Delphi is around! However, it's hard to find an instructor
to help. I'd really love to take an organized class--something at the
intermediate/advanced beginner level. (I've got the basics down pat--I don't
need to be told how to set up Delphi, and I don't need to make projects
converting Celsius to Fahrenheit :-)
These classes don't seem to exist. I've looked for face-to-face and online
classes teaching Delphi, and I can't find anything (other than some
expensive multi-day workshops in cities far away from me, and one equally
expensive online class for beginners in S. Africa). This is where one or
more of you folks may come in.
Anyone out there interested in setting up an online class in Delphi
programming? It's not necessarily the model to follow, but take a look at
John Smiley's web site for an idea of how it might go (www.johnsmiley.com).
You'd have some initial work to set things up, but after having taught a
class once or twice you'd be in a position to continue teaching it with much
less time and effort.
If you're interested, reply to the group. Perhaps you can start to get a
sense of how much people would be willing to pay for, say, a ten or twelve
week course. If that's too daunting, consider even a six week course
(covering less, of course). If you've written a book, your book could be the
course's text. ... I won't discuss possibilities further now; let's see how
much interest exists.
However, if there is interest, I'd even be willing to help someone a little
bit getting set up--perhaps as a resource to bounce ideas off of. I'm a
Delphi hobbyist, but a professional educator. ... who's in search of a good
intermediate/advance beginner online Delphi class :-)
Thanks -- Al C
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