Experiences/guidance on teaching Python as a first programming language

[Roy Smith]

In article <b64dd8cc-a7b5-47d2-9fe6-d2bd6e432205 at googlegroups.com>,
 Rick Johnson <rantingrickjohnson at gmail.com> wrote:

>   Dovetails are nothing more than sadistic nostalgia --
>   they give old men a "chubby" and young men a nightmare.

There is nothing more satisfying than cutting a set of dovetails by hand 
and having them glide together like silk, the first time you test-fit 
them, with no daylight visible anywhere.

Someday, mine will be like that :-)