Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!ucbvax!pasteur!cory.Berkeley.EDU!johnhlee From: johnhlee@cory.Berkeley.EDU (Vince Lee) Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga Subject: Re: Kids (Designasaurus) Message-ID: <16366@pasteur.Berkeley.EDU> Date: 17 Aug 89 06:22:45 GMT References: <21076@cup.portal.com> <89219.124243UH2@PSUVM> <7366@microsoft.UUCP>Sender: news@pasteur.Berkeley.EDU Reply-To: johnhlee@cory.Berkeley.EDU.UUCP (Vince Lee) Organization: University of California, Berkeley Lines: 20 In article atheybey@lcs.mit.edu (Andrew Heybey) writes: >In article <7366@microsoft.UUCP> t-jondu@microsoft.UUCP (Jonathan Dubman) writes: >I'll second that. My seven year old cousin uses Prowrite to write >stories. He changes fonts, centers the titles, and edits away. From >a snotty adult point of view, the plots leave a little bit to be >desired, but I was impressed. > >andrew I'll have to third that. My little brother wouldn't touch an "educational" program. He turned 10 last week, and his favorite programs are a Pascal compiler and Macro Assembler. Funny thing, though.. he taught himself. None of the rest of us here know assembly language. :) Bottom line: Most educational stuff is either the useless quiz-and-drill type or dazzle-and-bore type. The only good packages are for very young kids, and even these are often quickly outgrown. Caveat Emptor. -Vince