Alex Martelli wrote: > Tina I <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > ... >> He he... at the age of 40 I'm well beyond school work ;) > > Why would that be? My wife's over 40, yet she's a student (currently at > Stanford -- they were overjoyed to admit her, with lot of life > experience as well as previous studies, apparently). She's not taking > elementary courses on Python (having co-written a book on Python, > tech-reviewed a few, and having been the first woman coopted as a member > of the PSF:-), but she _has_ been taken equivalent ones on Java and C++ > (languages she didn't previously know), as well as calculus, > neurophysiology, and other strange things that are part of the "Symbolic > Systems" studies. > > Down with ageism!-) > > > Alex > It's not really ageism, just how I feel *my self* about going back to school. I'm not done learning though, it's just that I can give my self the luxury of learning whatever I want, just what I want at the pace that I want. And since I happen to like computers that's mostly what I concentrate about. Right now I'm hooked on Python, but also messing about with PHP and Javascript. Tried some Java but didn't like it... Threw out Windows a couple of years ago and have spent quite some time learning the ins and outs of Linux.
So even if I probably will never go back to school I'm looking forward to many many years learning new and exciting things :) Tina (Sorry for the way OT post. I just couldn't stop my own ramble ;) -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
