yeah..wow..I really need to work harder in school. I'm taking you guys' advice about this!
On Apr 23, 3:39 pm, Bob Kerns <r...@acm.org> wrote: > My grades weren't great, though a little better than yours by the time > I graduated -- but I did well on the SAT's. And I ended up going to > MIT. > > So it can happen. But you will need to work on it -- you'll have to > bring up your grades. But what you've already accomplished should be > proof to yourself that you CAN do it. > > Ask for as much help as you need. Carve out the time, and do whatever > it takes to actually spend the time doing the things you need to do. > Time management is a key to success in everything. Focus on what's > important. I have some important things to do right now -- but I saw > your message, and decided that encouraging YOU is the best use of my > time right this moment. Give yourself the same priority and > expectations. > > Just because you don't have a teacher like Josh, doesn't mean you > don't have teachers who will help. Teachers like to be asked, they > really support students who show enough interest to ask questions, > both in and out of class. If you can't find the help you need there, > keep looking. When you get to college, keep up that habit. It's a bit > more intimidating there, but it's key to getting the most out of your > education. > > You'll blow it. Over and over again. Each time, don't fret about it, > don't beat yourself up or label yourself a failure. Pick yourself up > and try again. Figure out how to do better. When something works -- > keep on doing that. > > Don't try to rely just on your smarts. Smart kids really have a hard > time learning to work hard on learning, because sometimes they don't > need to. But sometimes, you do. Sometimes, there are no shortcuts. > > Always dive into what you don't understand first. Take a quick look > around -- and then start building understanding, on a foundation of > what you already know. Don't try to learn it all at once, learn a step > at a time. But don't be afraid to take that first step in over your > head -- or take it anyway. > > Whatever you do -- don't feel you have to learn it alone. That's the > hard way, and a lot less fun. I wish I'd learned that lesson earlier > -- but in programming ESPECIALLY, the great ideas you have, aren't > nearly as the great ideas you'll have after you see the great ideas > others have. > > Best of luck! > > On Apr 22, 5:37 pm, Ivan Greene <ivant...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > > > > Miguel: Thanks for the encouragement! > > I am working on an Android game right now. > > I'm thinking about college, because I would really like to work for > > Google. > > But I'm not sure that will happen, my grades are quite bad (about 2.5 > > GPA). > > > On Apr 22, 6:48 pm, Miguel Morales <therevolti...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > Congratulations guys! You're on your way to build some great stuff. > > > I really wish I had a good computer teacher in High School, lucky! > > > Keep it up and you might not even need to go to college (MIT or > > > something would be cool though) to make good money. > > > I wrote my first program at 15 and never finished High School, now I > > > make more money than most college graduates, best of luck to you! > > > > On Thu, Apr 22, 2010 at 4:36 PM, Eddie Ringle <ed...@eringle.net> wrote: > > > > Yeah, I'm 15 (will be 16 in May), and I haven't made much just yet, > > > > but that is more due to the target audience of my app (GitHub users) > > > > and the fact that a free version is available. I only make money if > > > > someone chooses to buy the donate version (there are ads on the free > > > > verison, but they aren't really effective). Good job though. :) > > > > > On Apr 21, 8:26 pm, joshbeck <josh.beck2...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > >> Hello, > > > > >> I'm writing a curriculum this year that is designed to get high- > > > >> achieving 8th grade students to write and publish > > > >> Android apps. One of my students broke the $50 this week. > > > > >> Here's an article: > > > > >>http://www.neisd.net/ComRel/News/Krueger_PaidApp_10.htm > > > > >> He's basically spent the last 2 months camped out in my computer lab, > > > >> but hard work pays off for sure. > > > > >> I'm doing my best to document my instruction through YouTube > > > >> athttp://linuxclassroom.com > > > > >> Thanks all, > > > >> Josh Beck > > > > >> -- > > > >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > > > >> Groups "Android Developers" group. > > > >> To post to this group, send email to > > > >> android-developers@googlegroups.com > > > >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > > > >> android-developers+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com > > > >> For more options, visit this group > > > >> athttp://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en > > > > > -- > > > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > > > > Groups "Android Developers" group. > > > > To post to this group, send email to android-developers@googlegroups.com > > > > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > > > > android-developers+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com > > > > For more options, visit this group at > > > >http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en > > > > --http://diastrofunk.com,http://developingthedream.blogspot.com/,http:/..., > > > ~Isaiah 55:8-9 > > > > -- > > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > > > Groups "Android Developers" group. > > > To post to this group, send email to android-developers@googlegroups.com > > > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > > > android-developers+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com > > > For more options, visit this group > > > athttp://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en > > > -- > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > > Groups "Android Developers" group. > > To post to this group, send email to android-developers@googlegroups.com > > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > > android-developers+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com > > For more options, visit this group > > athttp://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > Groups "Android Developers" group. > To post to this group, send email to android-developers@googlegroups.com > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > android-developers+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com > For more options, visit this group > athttp://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Developers" group. 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