From: Jeffrey Moss <jeff@...>
Date: 2005-10-12T02:15:22+09:00
Subject: Re: my mother wants to code?

So true. Motivation has always been the key in my experience. As a kid I 
always wanted to create video games, that got me started. Show her how to 
program a graphing calculator. Get an old HP calc and data cable on ebay or 
something, a book on how to program it, and give it to her as a gift.  I 
always liked the HP calculators better, I heard they stopped making them 
though. She doesn't have to do web programming to understand what you're 
talking about, she could focus on teaching kids to program their 
calculators, she may appreciate that more, her students certainly would. I 
remember playing space invaders every day in high school math.

> If she is really serious about learning it also must be
enjoyed (I've never know a good coder that didn't enjoy the work).