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Back in July 2012, Chopticon High School was transformed into a free, two-day dental clinic.
The first Southern Maryland Dental Mission of Mercy provided free services to more than 650 patients, which added up to approximately $855,000 worth of dental care, according to Martin Barley.
About 80 dentists and 40 hygienists from all over Maryland and a couple from Virginia volunteered their time to offer the service, and other volunteers who assisted with guiding patients through the clinic and providing food. "We just take care of their major complaints — pain, cavities, gum problems, extractions," said Barley, who is a dentist with a longtime practice in Leonardtown. "It was fun. When you help people it makes you feel good."
And Barley said there is a real need for the kind of services provided by the clinic. "People have limited access to care," he said.
And now, Southern Maryland Dental Mission of Mercy is planning its next event, which will be held in July 2014 at North Point High School in Charles County. Co-chairs of the July clinic are Garner Morgan of Mechanicsville and Kit Wright of Charles County.
Barley said that organizers are interested in hearing from potential volunteers (not just medical personnel) and event sponsors. In addition, the organizers are holding a fundraiser on Dec. 14 at 7 p.m. at Great Mills High School to kick off help cover the cost and increase public awareness of this summer's clinic. The first Southern Maryland free dental clinic required $65,000 — much of that money going to supplies.
The fundraiser is billed as a "classic family variety show," featuring two entertainers from Branson, Mo. — singer Dalena Ditto, Branson's female entertainer of the year, and Patty Davidson, a ventriloquist.
Tickets for the two-hour show are $35 per adult and $15 per child, with proceeds to benefit Southern Maryland Dental Mission of Mercy.
For more information about tickets call 301-884-4438 or 301-247-3283. Tickets can be purchased ahead of time or at the door. For more information on this summer's clinic or the Dec. 14 family variety show, see www.southernmdmom.org.
Donors for the July clinic can mail checks payable to United Way of St. Mary's County, writing SMMOM on the memo line, and mail to 28095 Three Notch Road, Suite 2C, Mechanicsville, MD 20659. Checks will be recorded and forwarded to the United Way.
Holiday memories sought for article
The Enterprise is planning a feature article to be published on Dec. 25, and we're asking readers for your help. We'd like to hear about your best Christmas memories. They can be happy and joyful, or even poignant and bittersweet. Photos from holidays gone by are also welcome. To submit your Christmas memories, email Donnie Morgan at firstname.lastname@example.com, or mail them to Christmas Memories, The Enterprise, P.O. Box 700, Lexington Park, MD 20653.
Holiday recipes sought
The holidays are made for indulging in sweet desserts — cookies, candy, special cakes and pies. The Enterprise is planning a story to highlight some favorite holiday sweets made by St. Mary's County cooks.
Those who are willing to share a recipe and perhaps tell a little bit about why that dessert is a holiday tradition are invited to submit that information. Recipes, along with name, town of residence and a daytime phone number (not for publication, just for contact purposes) can be emailed to firstname.lastname@example.com, with "Holiday desserts" in the subject line or mailed to The Enterprise, c/o Susan Craton, P.O. Box 700, Lexington Park, MD 20653.
Chopticon chorus announces madrigal weekend
The Chopticon High School Chorus will present its annual madrigal weekend on Friday, Dec., 6 and Saturday, Dec. 7 at 6:30 p.m. at Christ Episcopal Church in Chaptico.
Proceeds from the evening of song and fine dining will benefit the Chopticon High School choirs. Tickets are $35 per person and include a three-course meal and rousing entertainment. Reservations are taken on a first-come, first-served basis, and guests are seated around tables of eight.
The chorus' fifth annual madrigal concert will take place Sunday, Dec. 8 at 2:30 p.m. at Christ Episcopal Church in Chaptico. The Peace Pipers, Divas, CHS Chorale and Infinity and more will perform songs from the madrigal dinner and other holiday selections. It's the madrigal dinner with fewer calories. Tickets are $15 and include the concert and dessert. Reservations are required.
Charles County to host holiday trail
Visitors are encouraged to visit Charles County the first weekend of December, when 10 nonprofit cultural and historical sites have joined together to form The Charles County Holiday Trail.
The Kris Kringle Christmas Market at the Charles County Fair opens the weekend with a tree lighting at 5:30 p.m. on Friday, Dec. 6. Modeled after the famous markets in Germany, visitors can expect fresh greens, music, art, food, a living Nativity and shopping. Admission to the event is one can or one dollar to benefit the Southern Maryland Food Bank.
The next day, visitors are invited to return to the Christmas Market or set off to another destination on the trail. Sites open on Saturday include the African American Heritage Society, which houses a collection of memorabilia and vintage kitchenware; Friendship house, a fine example of early tidewater architecture, Mount Carmel of Port Tobacco, home to the Carmelite nuns; the Port Tobacco Courthouse, once Maryland's second largest seaport; the Dr. Samuel A. Mudd House Museum; and Mount Aventine, an antebellum house with views of the Potomac River.
The trail concludes on Sunday, Dec. 8, with several of Saturday's attractions open for another day and the addition of two sites in Smallwood State Park: The General Smallwood Retreat House, home to Revolutionary War General William Smallwood, and the Mattawoman Creek Art Center, which is holding its holiday salon featuring items for sale and demonstrations. For more information, see www.charlescountyholidaytrail.com.
Help count the birds
The Southern Maryland Audubon Society will participate in four Christmas bird counts between Dec. 15 and Jan. 5. The data collected by observers during the past century allow researchers, conservation biologists and interested persons to study the long-term health and status of bird populations across North America. To learn more and how to participate in any of the counts, visit www.somdaudubon.org.
Volunteer information sought
The Enterprise plans to publish a listing of area groups that can use volunteer assistance and the kind of assistance they need. Groups that have not been listed in the past that would like to be included in this listing and groups that have new contact information or different needs from the past are encouraged to contact The Enterprise. Call Shertina Mack at 301-862-2111.
Get in the Christmas spirit at the Sixth Annual Festival of Trees
The Sixth Annual Festival of Trees will be held Dec. 7 from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. at the Southern Maryland Higher Education Center in California to benefit Hospice of St. Mary's. For more information, call 301-994-3023 or visit www.hospiceofstmarys.org.
Tour homes decorated for holidays
The 19th Annual Health Share of St. Mary's Holiday Home Tour will be held Sunday, Dec. 8, from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m., featuring five lovely homes and the Maryland State House of 1676, all located off Point Lookout Road in St. Mary's City. This event raises funds for Health Share of St. Mary's, a nonprofit that assists with medical costs. Tickets may be purchased the day of the tour at any site for $50 for the entire tour or $10 per site. For more information, contact Anne Bell at 301-475-2129 or email@example.com or find the page for Health Share of St. Mary's on Facebook.
CSM theater nominated for awards
The College of Southern Maryland will send several representatives to the Kennedy Center American College Theater Festival for Region II in West Chester, Pa., from Jan. 14 to 18. The representatives include current and former CSM students who worked on CSM theater productions that were nominated for group and individual awards at the January festival.
Nominations for technical awards include the productions "I Never Saw Another Butterfly," "Stop Kiss," "The Farndale Avenue Housing Estate Townswomen's Guild Dramatic Society Murder Mystery," "The Clumsy Custard Horror Show" and "Working." Jeremy Hunter of La Plata, Simone Hannah of Waldorf, Kendal Garton of Hollywood, Alex La Clair of La Plata, Barbara Wheeler of Indian Head, Annabel Russell of Waldorf and Jamie Borroughs of Mechanicsville will represent these productions at the festival.
Technical award winners are presented with opportunities such as working with a professional theater company in a major city for one or two weeks, or traveling all-expenses-paid to the Unites States Institute for Theatre Technology's national conference.
The festival has also nominated several individuals for the regional Irene Ryan Acting Award, which provides an individual $500 scholarship to winners. Regional winners move on to the national festival where they will compete with winners from 11 other regions to be considered for one of two national awards, each providing a $2,500 scholarship.
Regional nominees from CSM are Aimee Grace of White Plains, Amanda Jo Connelly of Indian Head and Danielle Nicole LeDoux of Indian Head from "I Never Saw Another Butterfly," Alexis Miller of Gambrills, Kenny Waters Jr. and Kaytlin Medley of Waldorf from "The Farndale Avenue Housing Estate Townswomen's Guild Dramatic Society Murder Mystery" and Laura Stephens Waldorf and Alex La Clair of La Plata from "Working."
Region II of the Kennedy Center American College Theater Festival includes colleges located in Delaware, Maryland, New Jersey, northwest New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Northern Virginia, the District of Columbia and West Virginia. The 46th Region II festival will take place in the Madeleine Wing Adler Theatre at West Chester University. For information about CSM's theater programs, visit www.csmd.edu/Arts.


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Should we teach kids how to make programs instead of how to use them?
For the last two decades, most developed countries have implemented computer literacy education in schools. For students born in the 80s or even the early 90s, this was really important. However, students now no longer need this. They are already computer fluent. They are, as some people say, digital natives. Give them any program and they'll be able to teach themselves to do simple--to-moderate tasks without anyone teaching them in a short while.
Most schools teach students how to first use word processors, presentation programs, and spreadsheets. This is no longer needed for two reasons: 1) students are computer fluent, and 2) programs are getting more user friendly every day. Students don't need to be taught to use the programs they normally use. They should, however, be taught how to use the programs they will later need in life like spreadsheets and databases.
Instead, I think they should be taught programming. Although many schools around the school already teach programming, they teach it usually in highschool or junior high; if they teach it in elementary school, they usually teach a simplified "kids" language which uses drag-and-drop blocks. I think students should start learning programming languages like visual basic and Java in 5th or 6th grade. The first country that does this will have a huge IT revolution.
Kids are creative. Teaching them programming will be giving them the ability to direct this creativity and keep it.
So what do you think?
Written by a 16 year old.
Oct 13 2011: One of the pivotal experiences in my own education was being exposed to text-based computer programming at the age of nine, when I was in fourth grade. My elementary school had a couple of very forward-thinking teachers who persuaded the school to purchase two personal computers (in 1979!) which could be programmed in line-numbered BASIC. A few years later my parents bought me one of my own, and eventually I upgraded to an Apple II computer.
This extracurricular activity-turned-hobby was instrumental in teaching me practical mathematics, diagnostic problem-solving, self-discipline in maintaining backup records, fine attention to detail, and other really useful skills/habits. It made math come alive for me (and still does!).
Your proposal is something I've thought of many times as an educator, wondering how well it would be received at the elementary school level. One potential barrier is that creating your own programs from scratch necessarily means you must begin with extremely simple (read: boring) programs, which pale in comparison to commercial software that kids are now accustomed to. Back in 1979, it was all new to us, and so even a simple "Hello World" program was exciting!
To make it really work, I think you'd need a programming language that provides a lot of power to do nifty things without a steep learning curve, yet is not so high-level that it shields the student from understanding the underlying computing principles. Python is one language that comes to mind . . .
Oct 13 2011: Although it will be nice and preferable to teach kids things they enjoy a lot, this is not really necessary from the beginning. They just need to not hate it. I'm not a programmer so I don't really know how the curriculum can go. Considering your thought, they might start learning a programming language like Python, and then later on they start learning more complex languages. Once they like programming in itself, they'll start getting excited for learning more complex languages. Eventually they'll have a wide knowledge of different languages.Oct 7 2011: If you mean C++ and Java classes in high school, than yes
Oct 7 2011: No. Please read my entire post before replying. What I mean is programming classes (not necessarily Java or C++) from as early as 5th grade.Oct 1 2011: Hi Nawaf,
You have creative mind and Good analytical skills.
My opinion on this would be-
The main purpose of primary and secondary education is to teach the children, the Fundamental Human Qualities like Love, Humanity, Respecting elders, following the way of Truth, importance of Society, History of the his/her Country and the world, Basics of science, to play and may such things.
Programming would be a professional skill and should be taught in college years. If some one wants to become a Singer, Doctor, Sports man, or any one except a programmer, why should he/she learn programming in school days?
However, every one needs to know how to use Computers and handle applications. SO they are taught Basic computers in school. I would say, your point is not valid but definitely out of the box!!!
Oct 2 2011: what is our definition of "basic of sciences"? What makes biology, for example, a basic of science. A mechanical engineer, singer, or programmer won't benefit much from biology (I'm not saying biology shouldn't be taught; it's just an example). Educators teach it because they think it's essential general knowledge.
Let's take a nearer example: computer classes. Why does a school choose a certain program to teach to students? Because they think it's essential if not for their daily lives, for their careers.
The way I see it, a "basic of science" and "essential general knowledge" are a matter of opinion. If students are taught programming from an early age, we will have a revolution. I see programming as a "basic of science" because we interact with programs every single day of our lives. And for us born in the 90s and 21st cenury, we've been doing so since we were born. Isn't it the time to make the transfer from users to makers? Can you imagine the number of great ideas for software that would come out of a mind raised on software? Isn't it a shame for all those ideas to never come true when they can be made easily by a programmer.
You see programming as a professional skill. This should be changed completely. We shouldn't treat as a skill better left for professionals, especially when some of the greatest programs and websites were made by enthusiasts.Oct 1 2011: You may be interested in the Free Software movement and Free Culture movement
Free in this context means that people are free to take apart, study, and modify software that they have purchased. This is not allowed by US copyright law in many cases, although this is completely ridiculous.
Imagine if you purchased a car, but the government prohibited you from painting it a different color, or from changing the tires to a brand that works better. Suppose you improved the car significantly, so it is now safer, faster, and more aesthetically pleasing.
Now, suppose you had a machine that could instantly recreate a copy of this new car for every other person on the planet, for free. However, the government prohibits you from both improving the software and using this machine, so people have to continue using the expensive and poorly-designed original car.
Should the government be allowed to do that? For the Free Software movement, the answer is a resounding "NO," because it uses the government as a vehicle to enrich the original producer through artificial scarcity at an enormous cost to humanity. The government should be doing the opposite - promoting the good of the many, not the few.
If you think people would not create extremely high quality software for free, A) you are completely wrong, B) you should watch Dan Pink's TED talk on what actually motivates people, and C) you should think about the Wikipedia model, which produces higher quality articles than Britannica at lower cost.
A culture in which kids are free to modify, learn from, and share software/knowledge would help people understand that software can be recreated for everyone at zero marginal cost - this would help us move away from forcing people to enrich themselves through artificial scarcity.
Oct 1 2011: This is also known as open source software. The biggest effect we will see as a result of educating programming to all students will be the huge rise of open source software.
Let's look at the state of open source software now, specifically the third most common operating system, Linux. Since Linux began in 1991, hundreds of different versions were made. Now, versions of Linux or operating systems based on the Linux kernel run PCs (Ubuntu, GNOME, and many others), servers, smartphones (android is based on a Linux kernel), and has even became the most used OS on supercomputers (92% of supercomputers use Linux).
Here are some points on the PC versions along with Android:
-They are free.
-Anyone can legally modify them, and many do.
-There are many websites where people share their own mods or versions of it.
So, you see, this already exists. The problem is that most people who use these count on those who know how to program and modify. This will change if most people know how to program. People will stop counting on software companies to make things suit for them, and instead will make things suit for them themselves. This, I believe, will change the IT world, which will of course change our lives.Oct 16 2011: what i think is that kids should be taught to use programs rather than teaching them how to make them initially... Say if we have to give a presentation on any topic than its always better to use powerpoint application and make a slideshow containing slides representing our views on the topic than making a different program to design a different powerpoint sort of application and then make a slideshow because it would take a good amount of time to do so..
Moreover it is necessary to learn using the presently available programs and softwares for making new ones because not all people (lets take an example here) know the meaning of the function of the commands include or include of C programming software or the meaning and functions of the commands DPTR, CJNE of microcontrollers or the meaning of commands of 'N' no. of other such programs and softwares and for developing sometihing new we need to know the advantages and disadvantages of presently available resources and that can be known only if you know how to use them "Efficiently"....
Oct 16 2011: BUT THEY ALREADY KNOW HOW TO USE PROGRAMS. I don't know a single 12-18 year old who doesn't know how to make a powerpoint presentation, regardless whether or not he was taught so in school. We're computer fluent. Of course I'm not suggesting that to make a presentation the student will have to program a presentation program. I'm only talking about what they should be taught in computer class in school, which is definitely not powerpoint and word processors.Oct 13 2011: :) you are not so small my friend....@16 you are old enough to write programs....but not all kids can keep up with that at 10 and 11 years of age....there are 100s of programs & applications that even i have never used...waiting for the need to arise...so what i'm saying is that explore as much as you can early....later you get enough knowledge to create your own...
Oct 13 2011: Of course there are thousands of programs and applications that an average 11 year old has never used. But there are also hundreds of other programs and applications that they have used. It really doesn't make a big difference. They've seen and used different programs. The only way knowing millions programs instead of a hundred is if they already know how to program (you get ideas for codes). Using different programs when they don't know how to program really doesn't make that much of a difference when they already use lots of programs already.
Some programmers even made great programs back in the 80s, when there were much fewer programs and they were much less familiar with using computers.
Oct 14 2011: What you say does make sense....i agree with most....the only reason i'm skeptical about writing programs at 10 is that i believe not all kids develop that intelligence to get along with it....try comparing yourself to the dumbest friend/person you may have ever met...and think if he/she would have been able to keep up....i know many of my friends would have failed ....they cant write programs even today at 21....that is a shame...i know...but its a fact...and i'm doing Computer Engineering...i'm talking about my class mates who take my help to write even simplest of programs....Oct 13 2011: Its a good thought but think about each and every kid out there....yes they get used to computers at an early age...but i feel its not yet the time to teach programming in elementary school...
instead teaching them how to use programs would be useful...more the number of programs they know how to use the better....this way when they start to write the program they'll have the working of the program in their minds...
they need to know what they are programming before writing the program...so programming should be taught in high school or junior high...you may increase the use of programs at elementary...
Oct 13 2011: Kids are using hundreds of programs. They're born using computers. They definitely have ideas for programs. We don't need to teach them how to use programs. They learn it themselves without any help because it comes natural to them. They're digital natives.
Sincerely, a kid himself.Oct 2 2011: Hello Nawaf, There are two things to look at in your argument.First, programming is a professional skill. Just like a doctor is good at surgery programmer is good at creating computer applications. That however does not mean that every student regardless of his interests should be taught programming. Its an individual decision. Another point is that you are talking about the IT revolution. How can we guarantee the fact that introducing the programming at school level will create such a revolution. We have been taught mathematics from the childhood, inspite of that very few people choose maths as their major in high school, same is the case with the other subjects like languages history, geology etc. Also creativity in children is not explored only through the art of programming. There are other(and perhaps better) means of doing that . Whatever we are taught at school level like mathematics, logic are necessary basics to the computer applications. Once you are thorough with it you can write programs in any language, because what you then need is just the syntax. We can draw a good analogy from subject of drawing. We are all taught how to draw at the school level but not all of us can produce the Monalisa..Oct 2 2011: Programming is a selective career in the professional world of which not everyone wants to go into. It is not an essential element to life as an adult for everyone whereas many basic applications are, but i do agree that a minimal amount of programming in schools at a younger age would be beneficial to students because programming takes a lot of creativity and this could help that aspect along with critical thinking skills. I think schools should focus a little more on teaching kids things that will create a strong foundation for them such as writing.
Oct 2 2011: "Programming is a selective career in the professional world" Now that is something I'd like to see changed. This really reminds me of this Tedx video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_M3p0cbnVhU
One of the most important benefits to teaching kids programming is that the future general public will become makers instead of users. If everyone can make programs, imagine how that will change the world of computers and the internet, which will of course change our lives.
Oct 2 2011: I see your point, but that is a revolutionary change. Part of the reason the computer programming occupation is in high demand of qualified programmers right now is people do not have interest in it. I am someone who does have a lot of interest in writing programs, but the we must realize that your vision of everyone becoming their own maker of programs that we use every day is false reality. People have their own interests in what they like to do and you cannot just change someone that easily. Even if we slowly incorporated programming into the lives of kids when they are younger, eventually they will grow their own interests and programming will become unimportant.
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Oct 2 2011: First of all, my point is to make a revolutionary change. It's a revolutionary change that will take only a small action: replacing the teaching of using programs like a word processor (which students already know how to use) with something more useful: programming. It won't waste more time, as it will be only replacing something.
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As for liking programming, I'd say that even though some may not like programming, those who will like it are more than you think. Many, if not most people don't program because they've never tried it in the first place. And besides, some students don't like chemistry or art or biology or whatever, but they still have to take it.
You really need to read the study I posted earlier: http://www.stagecast.com/pdf/research/Lin_NECC2005_Paper_RP.pdf
A study was made on a bunch of 5th-7th graders where they were taught programming. Here's what the parents said:
‧ Forty-eight parents (87.3% of the respondents) noticed that their children looked forward to going to the programming class every morning.
‧ Fifty parents (90.9%) reported that their children spent more than an hour everyday working on programming assignments at home. Some students, according to their parents, even spent the entire afternoon and evening trying to add as many sophisticated features to their programs.
‧ Forty parents (72.7%) reported that their children had mentioned that they wished to learn more about programming in the future.
So I guess your saying that programming will become unimportant might not be true. Sure, not everyone will become programmers, but I think at least a quarter of those kids will become so.Oct 2 2011: That is a very good point, but what I am trying to say is that it will most likely not cause a revolutionary change, Maybe something will change but not revolutionary.
"And besides, some students don't like chemistry or art or biology or whatever, but they still have to take it."
That kind of proves my point. They made chemistry and biology part of the curriculum, but it did not create a huge revolutionary change to where everyone becomes a scientist. I do believe though that some(limited) amount of change will definitely occur if the study of applications is replaced by programming.
Oct 2 2011: "They made chemistry and biology part of the curriculum, but it did not create a huge revolutionary change" I have to disagree on that point. Although not everyone becomes a scientist, can you imagine how many biologists or chemists or engineers we would have without making them part of the curriculum? My guess is less than a quarter of the number we have today.
And besides, a programmer doesn't have to work as a programmer or major in IT or computer science or anything like that. A programmer is simply a person who likes to program.Oct 2 2011: "...a programmer doesn't have to work as a programmer or major in IT or computer science or anything like that. A programmer is simply a person who likes to program." You have a very good point here. I've enjoyed debating on this topic with you it is a very interesting concept.Oct 1 2011: Whoa dude you're only 16?!?! ur a geeennuiussusus!
However, from what I have understood, I agree.Oct 1 2011: HI Nawaf,
I am not terribly knowledgeable in this field but as I have lived through several computer eras my question would be this. Can we be sure that what we teach these kids today will be the viable and relevant computer language down the road?
If I had insisted all of my children learned Dos I am not sure it would have been worth the time and effort that it took to learn it and if I consider all that the time to learn it might have misplaced in other learning I decide that it really wouldn't have been worth it.
I look forward to reading your answer to my question.
Oct 1 2011: I'm also not knowledgeable in this field. Like I said, I'm just a sixteen year old guy. The only thing I know how to program are simple commands like a "Hello World!" message.
I'd first like to note that DOS is not a programming language. DOS is an operating system that uses a set of typed commands. These commands are very different from programming languages.
If a person learns a programming language, it is much easier to learn other programming languages, since most languages share basic concepts and many share syntax. New programming languages are made by those who know how to program using the old programming languages, so naturally, they won't differ to an extent that it will be hard for a programmer to learn.
And besides,I don't think most popular programming languages get replaced fast. C started in the 70s and it's still used today; and many widely used languages use much of its syntax (like C++, which started as an enhancement to C, and Java).
Oct 1 2011: Thank you Nawaf,
Whether you are 16 or 80, I hope that you will always feel welcomed and that your opinion is valued here on TED conversations. I enjoyed your response to me and I appreciate the clarification. In a previous post on another topic I suggested that all kids should learn more than one language and I included computer languages among them because not everyone is interested in linguistics.
If you believe that these languages will continue to be useful to the students who study them for some long time to come, I can fully support your idea. Thank you for educating me.Oct 1 2011: Nothing should be "SHOULD" for kids.
Only thing should be done is facilitating their learning process following their course of interest and curiosity. At best we can try to make them curious about with out killing thier natural interst.
Oct 1 2011: I may have misunderstood you, but I think school isn't for "facilitating their learning process following their course of interest and curiosity." That's what college is for. School today (whether we like it or not) isn't based on electives and following interest; it's about what educators think all students should know in their lives and to have the sufficient knowledge to choose their course of interest in college.
Oct 1 2011: Currently neither school nor college nor university bother to understand or facilitate students interest or curiosity. Those are just certification machine.
My post was in response to your main premise which itself starts with "Should we teach..........." that gives an impression of ignoring kids curiosity /interest which already happening......why need to burden kids more with another SHOULD or MUST from our side while schools are already doing enogh to burden them ?Sep 30 2011: Why is this "either - or"? Can we not do both?
Oct 1 2011: Since they already know how to use the programs whether or not they are taught at school, I don't see any point of wasting their time and teaching them something they already know when they can spend their time learning something more beneficial, like programming. I think kids should only be taught how to use programs they may need in the future but they don't use them normally as kids, like databases (when they go to highschool).
Oct 23 2011: Because not everyone will require programming skills to manoeuvre through life. Frankly, I have had co-op students who really could use better skills at using the programs, never mind programming.
As long as the teachers cannot use the programs proficiently, the students won't get the depth of knowledge either - except for that small segment who explore beyond basic functionality out of internal drive and curiosity.
I say this as someone who does program and who studied logic (formal languages) out of a fascination with them. Not everyone has the interest or the inclination - and to force them would be as wrong as not allowing someone who does have the inclination to explore it.
Oct 24 2011: "Because not everyone will require programming skills to manoeuvre through life." Just like not everyone will require physics, biology, or chemistry. That applies on almost all classes. It's not about what they require. It's about what will benefit them greatly.
You're not looking at the bigger picture. If an entire generation knows how to program, and they are using programs every day since childhood, imagine what would that cause. It'll be a revolution. Look at the thousands of programmers now who are programming for free from their homes. Just look at the mod and white hat hacker communities, from Linux to Android to Kinect to practically anything that uses code. The things done by those communities are already amazing. Now imagine the possibilities when thousands of teens join in.
As for interest and inclination, they already teach programming to all students in some high schools. All I'm asking is that they teach it more and at an earlier age. And I actually think many who believe they don't like it have never tried it. Look at the statistic I put in my other comment. There are more kids that would like programming than we think.Sep 30 2011: Yes, It does seem like schools are teaching children to be functional illiterates when it comes to computers. If you haven't yet you should check out some read some Douglas Rushkoff, who is writting a bit about this and the implications. Here's a clip, enjoy.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=imV3pPIUy1kSep 30 2011: Yes I agree that we need to encourage kids to be creative at school and programming is one way to do so.
For younger kids we don't necessary need to teach them Java but we can start with simple programming languages such as
Scratch (http://scratch.mit.edu/)
and other languages: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_educational_programming_languages#Children
Java can come later on?
Nawaf Alnaji
Oct 1 2011: I'm sorry. I should've clarified the part when I said "they usually teach a simplified "kids" language which uses drag-and-drop blocks."
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Thank you for bringing up Scratch since that's exactly the language I was thinking of. It's a simplified kids language which uses drag-and-drop blocks. Many adults seem to think that kids will not be able to easily comprehend or will get bored with using more complex languages, so they go to simplified languages designed for kids like Scratch, Alice, Lego Mindstorms (which I've used myself), and Phrogram.
The thing is, they can. 5th and 6th graders have the ability to program in more advanced programs like Visual Basic. Non-programmers might see all the code and think it's hard, but it isn't. Here's a study done in Tibet about this subject: http://www.stagecast.com/pdf/research/Lin_NECC2005_Paper_RP.pdf
Let me sum it up: a study was made on 5th-7th graders (mostly 6th graders) where they were taught three programming languages: Stagecast Creator (No code typing required), HANDS (the code uses English-like statements) and Visual Basic.
Here are some results:
-When asked about how much they liked each programming package immediately after they learned it, the students gave 4.18 (out of 5) to both Stagecast Creator and Visual Basic, whereas HANDS received a rating of 3.52.
-After the students have learned all three programming packages, they were asked to pick their favorite programming package. Forty-one students (56.9%) went for Visual Basic, 26 students (36.1%) chose Stagecast Creator, and the remaining 5 students (6.8%) went for HANDS.
-Forty-eight parents (87.3% of the respondents) noticed that their children looked forward to going to the programming class every morning.
HANDS and Stagecast Creator are two examples of a simplified kids language. According to this study, kids prefer the more professional language (Visual Basic).
If simplified kids languages are taught, I think they should teach them in 3rd-4th grade.
Oct 3 2011: Thank you Nawaf for the information. You seem to have a good understanding of the various options.
I plan to teach my daughter programming languages soon and let her experiment with robots. If school can afford it, robots are a great way to let students work in teams to try some real world tasks.


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22 Aug 2010
|Vermont Waterfalls Website
www.vtfalls.com website
I don't know why we all love waterfalls. Perhaps we've never seen a bad one. We've seen other bodies of water look bad such as muddy streams, filthy rivers, scummy ponds, and polluted lakes. But not a waterfall. If somebody did something to pollute one, it would get flushed out quickly.
Perhaps it's "The Sound and The Fury" as Faulkner would describe a big waterfall. Or the speed. Some of them are like roller coasters after all and many of us would like the exhilaration of riding one like that. Waterfalls look like fun!
Whatever the reason, it's always to thrill to see one, especially a big one. Vermont has many waterfalls due to our steep terrain and frequent precipitation year around. A good source of information on waterfalls is www.vtfalls.com, a website run by photographer Chris Hungerford.
Chris is a full time science teacher and part time photographer living in St. Albans VT who specializes in outdoor photography. He has photographed and filmed many Vermont "waterfalls, cascades, glens, rapids, gorges, and many other natural wonders" as he says on his waterfalls website. He also has a website for his other photography that you can see here and on Facebook and Twitter.
The listing of waterfalls by name, height and nearby town is helpful but the VTfalls website does not tell you exactly where the falls are. You could end up spending a lot of time looking for them. While that can be fun in itself. it would be more enjoyable if you knew you were at least on the right track.
One solution is to stop in the nearby towns mentioned in the list and simply ask someone there. All the locals will know where their nearby waterfall is. Another solution is to purchase the book, "New England Waterfalls" by Greg Parsons and Kate B. Watson. It's an excellent guide and has driving directions.
If you are visiting in summer and are interested in swimming holes, you could combine it with your waterfall search because some of the falls end up in a pool suitable for swimming. The best source for swimming hole information is SwimmingHoles.info/VT and see my August 7, 2007 Vermont Travel Notes blog entry and the August 18, 2008 Waymark.com blog entry.
NOTE: the usual cautions about venturing outdoors apply. If you are walking, hiking, swimming or just messin' around near rock cliffs, deep pools of water, and fast moving rivers, there can be some danger involved. Don't assume that if the locals are doing something goofy that it must be safe. It's not - it is both goofy AND dangerous. Decide for yourself how much of a chance you are willing to take. For years there was a sign at Moss Glen Falls, between Warren and Granville, recording the dates and details of the deaths and paralyzing injuries of daredevils that took place there. The falls are beautiful but they are like a lot in nature: lack of sense can get you knocked even more senseless.
Jeff Connor Grunberg Haus
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21 Jul 2010
|Moose Watch
Photo credit: www.central-vt.com/moose "Montpelier, Vermont, the nation's smallest capital city had an unexpected visitor Monday, July 19th as a moose wandered leisurely during the lunch hour. This picture was taken by an administrative assistant at Vermont State Housing Authority on 1 Prospect in the city. A co-worker, Lindsay White, remarked that she loves the ruralness of Vermont, and this was the exclamation point of the day! "
I think the most frequent question we get from guests is "Where's a good place for dinner?" A close second is "Where can we go to see moose?"
Answering the first question is easy because we have dozens of good restaurants in the immediate area.
Answering the second question is tougher because we don't have dozens of moose hanging around nearby. We have one (perhaps more) around the inn that must come through about once a week judging by the fresh tracks we see that often. In fact a guest and his family last week pulled into our driveway one evening to find a moose standing right in front of them just a few yards off Route 100.
Moose are most frequently in remote, rural areas but they are located all over the state and, as seen in the photo above, they can even wander into a city This one was spotted in downtown Montpelier, the state capital. Once in a while deer are seen feeding on the state capitol lawn in the evenings but moose are a very rare sight in the city.
We have more moose road signs I think than actual moose. The last time I saw a statistic, the VT Fish & Wildlife Division estimated our herd between 4,000 and 5,000. In fact, the last two moose hunting seasons, F&W increased the number of permits to help reduce the size of the herd. This year, they reduced the number of permits back to 700 something. About 200 moose are killed by automobiles each year in Vermont. Moose have little or no fear and they will usually not hesitate to step in front of a car.
When I'm asked about where to see a moose, I tell people that you need a lot of luck to see one. For instance, the photo at the top of this blog was taken by a guest a few years ago through the windshield of his car. By the time he got the car pulled over and stopped to get out and take a better quality photo, the moose had already walked across the road (Route 100 between Warren and Granville) and was headed up into the woods. The point is that if he had left from our inn a minute earlier or a minute later, he would have missed the moose entirely.
But having explained that, we suggest the area around Island Pond, VT for good moose watching. Island Pond is a good central location for exploring the most remote part of Vermont known as the Northeast Kingdom (NEK).
The Appalachian Mountain Club website has a little primer on moose watching you might like to read. Note especially the warnings about getting close to these animals. They're not known for being aggressive but they are wild animals and you can never be sure whether they will attack. A mother moose (cow) will almost certainly be aggressive if she is with a calf.
An even better article is on the Island Pond, VT town website .
Route 105 is Vermont's "Moose Alley" but other roads such as 114, 111, 5 and 16 are worth driving as well. The back roads are also worth exploring but make sure you have enough gas in the tank before heading into backcountry.
But I would not go to the NEK just to see moose. I'd go to see the countryside with the idea that seeing a moose would be a special bonus.
Here is an enjoyable double (!) moose sighting video shot in the NEK by jenawesome
Good luck on your moose hunt! And drive carefully, especially at night.
Jeff Connor Grunberg Haus
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|posted by grunhaus at 16:02 | permalink
21 Aug 2009
|Vermont Moose
Mad River Glen moose population has grown by two this year.
One of the most frequent questions we get here at the inn is "where can we go to see a moose?" There are several areas nearby where the possibility is greater but sighting a moose is a rare occurrence even for people who live and work in the forests.
The moose photo at the top of this Vermont Travel Notes blog is a good example. It was taken by a guest in early November several years ago while he was driving on Route 100 between Warren and Granville VT, a popular place to spot moose because of the swampy areas alongside the road. It's not a particularly good photo because he quickly took the shot through the car windshield. He got some better quality photos after he stopped the car and got out but by then the moose was into the woods and walking away so the angle of the photo does not work well. But he was lucky to see it at all. If he had left here a minute earlier or a minute later he would have missed the moose entirely. That's moose spotting for you (or seeing any unusual wildlife for that matter).
I have seen two moose this year but that is very unusual. Most years I don't see any. We have one walking through our property about once a month but we never see it. He or she comes through late at night and all we see are the footprints the next day.
Last winter, we had a few skier guests tell us of seeing a moose near the trails at Mad River Glen. One of them even hit the moose after coming around a corner and seeing it standing right in front of him. He reacted fast enough to squat down so he only bumped the moose a little bit. It must not have bothered the moose too much because it merely looked at the skier for a moment and then walked slowly into the woods.
The moose above may be the same one and, as you can see, it's a female with two calves it had this year. This moose photo and other Mad River Glen photos can be seen on the Gallery page at the Mad River Glen web site.
So, if you want to go moose spotting, the best area is the most remote part of Vermont, the Northeast Kingdom as it's known. Just try the roads around the town of Island Pond. Even if you don't see a moose, it's a beautiful area to do some sight seeing. Stop in some of the local country stores and ask around about where people have seen moose lately.
(c) 2009 Jeff Connor Grunberg Haus Inn except for the moose photo by Deb Steines and Bob Rogers on the Mad River Glen website
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16 Aug 2009
|Burlington Sunset Over Lake Champlain
Photo by John Hughes
We often recommend Burlington to our guests and, if they decide to go, we suggest they stay up there to watch the sunset over Lake Champlain. This photo is a good example of why. It's from my favorite photoblog, Megapickles, which has a new photo every day by St Michael's College professor John Hughes. I highly recommend bookmarking the site and checking it frequently. I've been following it for years and it consistently has great work.
Jeff Connor Grunberg Haus Inn
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18 Apr 2009
|Vermont Bird Tours
Photo (c) copyright Bryan Pfeiffer
Bryan Pfeiffer is probably the best known name in birding around this part of Vermont. He is also a naturalist and lepidopterologist of some note.
Most of all for birders, he's an enthusiastic, engaging speaker and teacher. There may not be anything he loves more than birding but if there is, it would be talking about birding. He's a treasure trove of fascinating information and he loves to share it.
A few years ago, he was often on WDEV, the local radio station, speaking about birds in the area and taking calls from listeners. Often those callers wanted to know what kind of unusual bird they were hearing. They would give the most awful imitation of what they were hearing and quick as lightning, Bryan would be playing a recording of the actual bird and telling the radio audience some interesting facts about it. How he could interpret what these callers were trying to sound like is beyond me but it must have come from years of hearing people try to describe (terribly and inaccurately) what they had heard.
Bryan is exactly the kind of person you would want to go birding with. You will have several opportunities to do so coming up soon.
If you are a beginner, Bryan's Spring Birdwatching for Beginners will be held May 1 and 2. He will be discussing all the basics from boots and binoculars to bird songs.
On May 16, he will be hosting the Bird Bonanza at Berlin Pond, a bird sanctuary near Montpelier VT. May is the peak of spring bird migration and Brian has seen more than 150 species of birds there over the last 25 years. You might even see a Bald Eagle or Moose on this outing.
Later in May, Bryan will be leading the Warbler Weekends at Highland Lodge overlooking beautiful Caspian Lake. These outings will be held May 22-24, and May 29-31.
July 5 is the date for a different type of watching. Bryan's Butterflies for Beginners has introduced hundreds of people to the wonders of the butterfly world through this course. You will be on the hunt for the Great Spangled Fritillary, Red Admiral, Painted Lady, and many more.
For more information on the tours, see Vermont Bird Tours website.
You can learn more about Bryan at his Wings Environmental website and see some beautiful photography at his Wings Photography website.
(c) 2009 Jeff Connor Grunberg Haus Inn
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6 Jan 2009
|Attention Skiers and Riders: 6 to 12 Inches On The Way
Weather radar 8:30 pm Tuesday, Jan 6.
In technical meteorological terms, the radar picture above shows a "big honkin' storm" that is bearing down on Vermont ski areas. It starts tonight and goes through Thursday.
When it is all said and done, we will get six to twelve inches of snow according to local meteorologist Roger Hill of Weathering Heights Forecasting. He is consistently the most accurate of weather forecasters in this area.
Roger is also calling for some sleet during the storm: "potentially moderate to significant snowfall northern 2/5ths of state, and 'sleety snow middle part of state...to glazing, icy travel southeastern 1/4 of state' all going back to lighter periods of snow before exiting Thursday."
Check your favorite ski resort's web site for trail reports this Thursday and be ready to jump in the car to head for Vermont. It looks like Saturday should be a very good ski and ride day on fresh snow. Temps will be in the teens this weekend so pack your warmest gear.
(c) 2009 Jeff Connor Grunberg Haus Inn
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I'm a rural carrier with a very rural route, but I still like to look professional when I'm carrying mail. I own several shirts with usps logos on them as an unofficial "uniform". I think it helps my customers recognize me and keep the brand at a high level. I would be in favor of mandatory uniforms with a provided uniform allowance.
I think the shirts would be great! I am a rural carrier And I am at the door of my customers often.
Not a great idea for a business cutting jobs because they do not have the funds.
I have used "postal shirts" for years. I am all for the uniform idea ONLY IF the Postal Service gives the rural carriers the same allowance they give the city carriers.
I think that uniforms should've been mandatory a long time ago. They show professionalism and represent the individual as a whole when walking up on someone's porch. It's better than some I have seen wearing flip flops, sweat pants, or flannel pj's!
When the postal service decides to treat the rurals the same as the city carriers,as far as salary,per hour,not by some outdated count where it's the postal services job to school management on how to find ways to cheat to take away salary,providing a replacement vehicle when the rural postal vehicle breaks down,instead of sitting around the office waiting for someone else to finish their day so a vehicle becomes available,receiving overtime during xmas instead of being harassed to stay in evaluated hours,THEN,when the rural carrier is treated like a professional it's time for them to look the part.
If I wanted to wear a uniform, I would have become a city carrier. Rurals are less militaristic. We do not need uniforms.
I have quite a no of postal tshirts and golf shirts that I wear thin in summer and heavier in Winter I do not mind a pullover with a logo but I would definitely not like the pants or the cotton shirts plus our pays have been cut so bad and the postal service has no money so they have to keep robbing us at mail count it doesnt seem like a win win situation for anyone
Absolutely they should. I have worked with rural Carriers (and been an RCA) for most of my 21 years in the USPS. In the real rural areas a uniform wasn't necessary, but in my city so many RC's look like slobs. I believe this image downgrades the overall image held of the USPS.
A nice Polo type shirt with the USPS logo would be nice, at the very least.
Anyone who deals with the public becomes a representative of their employer, we should take advantage of every opportunity to improve our public image.
I have served as a rural mail carrier for 47 1/2 years, my personal appearance is important to me and my customers; I dress neatly and professionally at all times. I work with city carriers wearing uniforms that look worse than slobs, uniforms do not ensure a professional appearance. ELM has requirements concerning dress of postal employees; if we are going to require uniforms for rural carriers we also need to require city carriers to clean their act-up. My vote is NO. We have many issues that need to be ddressed, if an employees comes to work dressed in atire that does not meet community standards, the supervisor can handle that issue.
I have always thought the Rural Carriers should wear a uniform......or at the least a shirt with a USPS Logo. They represent USPS just like the City Carriers and Clerks. We have an RCA in our office that wears tank tops, sloppy looking sweat pants, t-shirts that practically go down to her knees and jeans that drag on the ground. She also carries City mail and dresses the same. Very unprofessional and is just a disgrace to USPS. It's unacceptable in my opinion.
We have rural carriers that look homeleess, tank tops, shirt sleeves cut off, not to mention they make 50 grand working 4 hours, should be 8 hours work for 8 hours pay!
When the USPS gives me a postal vehicle they can require me to wear a postal uniform. Rural carriers are treated very differently from city carriers and at least in my office are disrespected by management and city carriers who seem to think they are superior. Will a uniform solve this problem?
if i was given an allowance i would still need a deviation from what most carriers would wear because of all the dirt roads that my route has. you really can't keep clean a "uniform" approved for most carriers on this particular route.
I recently retired as a Rural Carrier and for the last Fifteen years I wore a tie, not my idea. My kids got me a few for Christmas after their mother left and my customers wouldn't let me take them off. So yes a uniform and professional appearence would be approiate if the carriers recieve a uniform allowance.
For one there is no way the usps will give money to us to buy a pencil never mind a shirt.and also the city carriers have uniforms how many of them do you think look representable in it, in my office probably 3 out of 16.
Good idea, if, and only if pay scale for rurals is equal to city carriers....meaning rurals go from Level 5 to Level 6 with a uniform allowance.
Both crafts deliver mail, both should wear a navy blus shirt. Light blue stains too easily. Ditch the uniform pants for all. They're expensive, fit badly. Is a customer really looking at my pants to see if I can take their letter?
Fed Up needs to understand the differences between city and rural carriers a little bit better and if he is not happy with his job, he should moveon. I was a city carrier, and many times I wished that I could have been a rural carrier (carried some of their routes when I was a PTF), but I realized the advantage of the strong union of the NAlC. Strength is in numbers and shown by the people that attend the union meetings, etc and make their voice heard.I watched the rural carriers "run their routes" and leave so they could enjoy their day, when we were out past dark. I have seen many that I probably would not have opened my door to, judging by the way that they were dressed. Suck it up and be happy that you HAVE A JOB!!!!! I am sure that there are many people that would be glad to fill it.
Well, if city or rural carriers start to work on tour one or adjusted schedule, like the rest of the post office craft, then I would recommend some type of fluorescent color like construction workers wear. Or, a material similar that which creates luminescence to protect workers. It should be standard anyway instead of the blue type because even the day workers could use it on cloudy/rainy snowy days to protect them. It's pretty much become a standard for the construction trades, and highway workers.
The comments that are "hidden" due to the "dislikes" need to be shown. Most all are simply "no's" to the yes or no question, and bloggers disagreeing with their "no" answer. Rural delivery has followed the population further and further and the USPS has failed to see the tank tops, sandals, and broken down vehicles that present the daily image of the rural carrier.
A little confused as to why the USPS has to even ask this question. If they are blue collar employees of the Federal Government then it is the responsibilty of the Agency to ensure it's workforce meet certain grooming standards which would include uniforms. But then again being a Federal Employee I realy do not associate USPS employees as Federal Employees but more under the guidlines of contrators with minimal obligations to federal guidlines.
This really shouldn't even be debatable. All postal carriers, as employees representing the United States government, should be required to wear uniforms as a way to reflect a positive image of our government and our Postal Service.
I believe to see a government employer dressed in casuals on the job (which could include inappropriate things like a beer reference or profanity) is an utter disgrace and could reduce the faith of citizens towards our government.
While I like the "casual wear" idea, if employees are not properly evaluated, it could end up creating a negative image.
Great post.
I am speechless. working as a dentist i am used to read such a blogs and posts which gives me re freshness.
Thanks for this post and a round of applause to the commenter as well.
I'm a brand new RCA who just started last week, so I'm still learning the ins and outs of my new profession. I work in a suburb of Dallas and I don't understand why we even have "Rural Carriers" in the city. There are no rural areas where I work, and we all drive LLV's and deliver mail in the city, so why do we even have so-called "rural routes" in the city? I guess it's cheaper to do it that way. That being said, my customers don't even know I'm their Mailman unless they see me get out of my LLV, and even then, they're suspicious of me because I don't wear a uniform. I feel like I'm a glorified courier because of that. I just don't understand why there isn't more uniformity in regards to delivering the mail.
I'm a rural carrier and I believe we should be given some kind of allowance for uniforms so we can be identified as postal employees. I have ruined a lot of my personal clothing over the years so I'm for uniforms.
I'm a RCA into my 4th year and last year ordered 6 t-shirts all with a very official USPS logo on the front. Have one on every day. I feel it makes a difference for customers who do business with me, many of whom don't know me from a regular basis as I constantly deliver different routes. I feel more proffesional and official as well. In addition to profesionalizm it really does add a level of safety. At times I am delivering in very rural areas and it is important to be identified as a business person rather than a random stranger driving onto personal property.
The mail carriers in Windermere, Fl look so sloppy. Their appearance needs to be addressed!


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Elaine M. Young, age 80, of Third Avenue, Johnsonburg, died Sunday, Jan. 16, 2011 at DRMC after a lengthy illness.
She was born March 29, 1930 in Endicott, N.Y., to Metro and Mary (Wolfe) Kelemecz, deceased.
On May 24, 1952, she married George "Toot" Young in Endicott, N.Y.; he preceded her in death March 14, 2009.
A high school graduate of Endicott, N.Y., she was a homemaker and member of Holy Rosary Catholic Church. Born and raised in Endicott, N.Y., she lived in Johnsonburg since 1952.
She is survived by two children, Mrs. Brent (Gelaine) Rhoads of Ridgway and Mrs. Allen (Karen) Faust of Auburn, Pa.; one grandson, Kristian Karschner and his wife Tracey of Butler two brothers, Frank and wife Anne Kelemecz of Endicott, N.Y., and John and wife Irene Kelemecz, also of Endicott, N.Y.
Besides her parents and husband, she is predeceased by one brother, William Kelemecz.
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Burial will be in Holy Rosary Cemetery, Johnsonburg.
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