holt

[Sean]

I have seen universities do the telnet to develop/gcc like your doing in
HS. It's actually quite refreshing to hear it is being done at the High
School level. 



On Wed, 13 Sep 2000, Paul Melson wrote:

> On Wed, Sep 13, 2000 at 04:02:45PM -0400, Marcel Kunath wrote:
> > Just got this in the mail. Not sure if this is of interest...
> > 
> > The Lansing Chamber of Commerce is sponsoring a IT forum at the Holt High
> > School On September 21, 2000.
> > The purpose of this forum is to expose students, parents, educators and
> > community members to the array of career opportunities within growing
> > industries.  In addition, participants will learn about the region's career
> > preparation activities and programs available to them.
> > 
> > Date:  September 21
> > Time:  6:30-9:00 pm
> > Place: Holt High School
> > 1784 N. Aurelius Rd
> > 
> > 
> > New members for the GLLUG?
> 
> 	Possibly.  That program is part of the Voc/Career
> 	Prep. program at Holt High School.  I went last
> 	year and it was pretty interesting.  It's mostly
> 	about networking (the ppl kind) with local IT/TC
> 	businesses, encouraging internships, partnerships,
> 	and cultivating interest in the School-To-Work
> 	program.  BTW, if there are any businesses out
> 	there that would be interested in taking on a
> 	student and allowing them the opportunity to
> 	shadow you or one of your employees in order to
> 	gain some insight into a career they express 
> 	interest in, contact Dr. Peg Lamb at Holt High
> 	School at 694-2162.
> 
> 	Since you mention it, though, Holt High School 
> 	actually has a class that teaches students some
> 	basic Linux/UNIX usership.  It's actually a C++
> 	programming course, but the students telnet into
> 	a Linux box to do their work.  We even had a kid 
> 	last year who insisted on using `vi`. :) The 
> 	thinking behind this is to expose future computer 
> 	science majors to UNIX before they get  to college.  
> 	I can't tell you how many CS/EE freshman I saw at 
> 	Michigan Tech drop out of their respective majors 
> 	because they couldn't figure out how to get started 
> 	writing code, let alone understanding the code 
> 	itsself.  (Of course, we sold this as "One machine 
> 	is cheaper than 30 Borland licenses," which is true.)
> 
> 	Heck, I'm going to edit the /etc/motd on that box
> 	and put the GLLUG URL in it.  Maybe some of our
> 	students will start showing up at meetings. (?)
> 
> PaulM
> 
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