Re: [TOS] gifted high school student

2010-12-22 Thread Chris Tyler
On Wed, 2010-12-22 at 10:43 -0800, Robert Arkiletian wrote: > Hi, I'm a high school teacher. I teach Python and C/C++ in a Linux > DRBL environment. One of my senior students is a very accomplished > programmer. Some of the self directed projects he has accomplished > are a tiling window manager

Re: [TOS] gifted high school student

2010-12-22 Thread Gregory M Kesden
Hey Robert, The folks at Waterloo are the Candadian hackers of all hackers. Their programming team and ours are rivals in the ACM-ICPC competitions at the regional and world levels. And, they tend to have a very good, practical, industry-oriented program, in addition to their research strength.

Re: [TOS] gifted high school student

2010-12-22 Thread Matthew Jadud
Hi Robert, On Wed, Dec 22, 2010 at 13:43, Robert Arkiletian wrote: > C). He is also working towards getting his RHCE certificate before he > graduates. Wondering which *Canadian* universities would be a good fit > for such a student? UBC has a good CS programme if he wants to stay near home. And

Re: [TOS] gifted high school student

2010-12-22 Thread David Nalley
On Wed, Dec 22, 2010 at 1:43 PM, Robert Arkiletian wrote: > Hi, I'm a high school teacher. I teach Python and C/C++ in a Linux > DRBL environment.  One of my senior students is a very accomplished > programmer.  Some of the self directed projects he has accomplished > are a tiling window manager f

[TOS] gifted high school student

2010-12-22 Thread Robert Arkiletian
Hi, I'm a high school teacher. I teach Python and C/C++ in a Linux DRBL environment. One of my senior students is a very accomplished programmer. Some of the self directed projects he has accomplished are a tiling window manager for X, port knocker, audio player (all in C). He is also working tow