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Re: [seul-edu] Young Linuxers in school
I think the mentoring prgram is a good idea (especially if there is no
way to get them near a local LUG/start a school LUG, which I still
belive is the best way), and I would be willing to provide any
interested parties with a care package for such persons (i.e. a distro
or two, Linux Mags, Linux Journals, as well as the occasional O'Reilly
book for those who show capacity and a deeper interest). I also have a
few older things about that still have some use (like some SuSE 5.0 box
sets...they can install, then upgrade. The impressive documentation and
the registration for support are still valid).
Thanks Doug for the encouragement...
z
Doug Loss wrote:
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> Second, there's a strong interest in Linux and an interest in helping among
> the young people who contacted me. What should we do to foster and channel
> that interest? I've invited them all to join us here, and I'm sure that at
> least some of them have. Since most of us are older and are either
> teachers or technical (or both), I think these folks can provide us with a
> valuable perspective. But I don't want to bore them if we can avoid it.
> Perhaps we can thing about something like an email mentoring program, where
> some of us take on interested young people as cyber-apprentices. The whole
> idea is a bit hazy to me just now; let's squint at it for a bit and see if
> it comes into focus. At any rate, let's talk about how we can use their
> interest and energy.
>
> This may be a good impetus for us to work on developing some of the
> configuration guides we're planning. They might make it easier for these
> students to convince their schools to let them set up Linux systems overtly
> ("Oh, there's a manual on how to do this? Well then, go ahead; just follow
> the instructions.").
>
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