Python Learning

[Larry Martell]

On Sun, Dec 17, 2017 at 4:18 PM, Chris Angelico <rosuav at gmail.com> wrote:
> On Mon, Dec 18, 2017 at 6:51 AM, Bill <BILL_NOSPAM at noway.net> wrote:
>> The point is that it takes a certain amount of what is referred to as
>> "mathematical maturity" (not mathematical knowledge) to digest a book
>> concerning computer programming.
>
> Emphasis on *a book*.
>
>> In my years of teaching experience,
>> students who came to college without the equivalent of "college algebra"
>> were under-prepared for what was expected of them. This is not just an
>> opinion, it's a fact.
>
> So, your experience is that the style of learning you offer is
> unsuitable to anyone who doesn't have some background in algebra.
> That's fine. For your course, you set the prereqs. But that's not the
> only way for someone to get into coding. You do NOT have to go to
> college before you start creating software. That is also not an
> opinion; it's a fact backed by a number of proven instances (myself
> included).

I started coding when I was 16, in 1975. I wrote a downhill skiing
game in basic, which I had taught to myself. I went to collage when I
was 17, and I had taught myself FORTRAN and I tested out of the class.