RE: A teen's point of view
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> I am a teenager, and I don't enjoy using "office type applications". My
> enjoyment comes from learning new things (because I'm a geek!) and playing
> games. Perhaps distrabuting games such as quake (although this is nearly
> impossible) and other games similar would make debian enjoyable. I think that
> trying to integrate things such as "Debian 2.2 Tour" (like the windows 98
> tour) is a waste of time, it will make us seems patronising to the users.
>
his point was, for many people in school applications to help with school work
is important. This is true as much for high school as for college.
> Kids' natuaral curiousity will often persevere at younger ages more than in
> the teens. I learnt BASIC at 12; admittedly not the best start, but at least
> I
> got to vent my interest.
>
quite a few of my coding friends started off at similar points.
I feel that Debian Jr. should not deal with teens much, if at all. Teens need
to feel like they are cutting their own path. For me getting them using open
software in Debian Jr. as kids preps them for being teens who can help code or
simply spread the word. Quite a few of the people in Debian are actually high
school age.
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