Ken collins wrote:
> 3) I am VERY interested in experiences of TEACHING ST to students ranging 
> from grades 7 to 12. I am preparing to replace the current "computer" 
> teacher here: this is his last quarter. He is also the C++/VB/Access guy who 
> is convinced that ST is a funky dead end road (see the BET in #2 above)!!! 
> He has expressed that he would be "disappointed" if I were to start teaching 
> ST when he leaves. After all, he has sparked interest among students in MS 
> ACCESS and VBA!!!!!!!!!!!!!! oh my....  :)

I'll be very interested in hearing your experience with ST and kids. Remember:
that is what it was originally created for.

Tell your predecessor to look at history:

    September 1992 - the cover of Byte Magazine asks "Is Unix Dead?". The
                                    experts agreed that it had missed the boat.
                                    They didn't imagine Linux.

    from 1998 on - Linux fever shakes the world

    1995 - experts agree that Self is dead and Smalltalk would soon follow
                since Java is unstoppable. They didn't imagine Squeak.

You can trust me on this ;-)
-- Jecel