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> On 19 Feb 2015, at 11:04, Paul Sutton <zleap@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > > > On 18/02/15 18:32, Simon Avery wrote: >> Firstly - my thanks to Paul for his work. I would never be >> dismissive of it - I am genuinely astonished that people like him >> give up their time and efforts and am sorry he feels unsupported >> (but to be fair, us here in the lug are doing more even if it's >> very little than those outside of it). And before he asks - I have >> no interest in teaching children (I don't actually like them that >> much as a species), nor am I particularly sociable. I'm happy to >> support or help via email/irc but that's as deep into the lug as I >> want to go. >> > > Thank you, I think to be fair my comment on lack of support could be > aimed out side of the lug, Like you said we put a lot of effort to > this and we have had teachers say they will come then they don't turn > up. > > My reference to asking people for help is related to the fact I am in > discussions which will hopefully get some help in so wasn't directly > aimed at the LUG so I am sorry if I implied that. However even if > that works, I am hoping to be able to talk to schools directly. > > I think going back to my question as to why people are not running > things like code clubs, I could re-word that and ask why are places > such as schools not registering an interest so that they can find > volunteers. > > Are these barriers you mentioned too much of a barrier to getting > things up and running. I actually think schools are asked to do so much with so little , that its a problem of priorities and economics. The desire is there the time and money are not. Its critically important to know math and write at 8, but knowing to program can easily be deferred to 13+ where a secondary probably already has the core resources in place to provide computing or a semi-trained IT teacher. > > Paul > > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > Version: GnuPG v1 > > iEYEARECAAYFAlTlwyEACgkQaggq1k2FJq2+dwCfTj3EBeEjuGE1f0fZidMt9cjx > tYIAn1Z9qX+c2hncEwmVDvN+u6BPUk3s > =ivZ6 > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- > > -- > The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG > http://mailman.dclug.org.uk/listinfo/list > FAQ: http://www.dcglug.org.uk/listfaq -- The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG http://mailman.dclug.org.uk/listinfo/list FAQ: http://www.dcglug.org.uk/listfaq