alice-teacher question for Don Slater

[Ella Glazer]

Sandy

  Where are you located?  I would ask around to businesses in your area
that could use talent like this.  Also google does a lot with very talented
students even if they do not have an office nearby.

Ella Glazer


On Thu, May 30, 2013 at 11:31 PM, Sandy Graham <sandyg at gvtc.com> wrote:

> I thought maybe my timing was off when I last sent the following question
> as it was right around finals, so I thought I’d send it again.  Any ideas
> for this talented student of mine?****
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> Your sister in Christ,****
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> Sandy Graham****
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> -----Original Message-----
> Sent: Monday, May 13, 2013 12:27 AM****
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> Don, I have a 7th grade student who is about to finish the book. Other
> than the chapter on recursion which he struggled to fully get his brain
> wrapped around, he did amazingly well and created beautiful, elegant and
> impressive programs. His family's budget is very tight, though. He would
> have to have complete scholarships to get to go to a camp. He has two
> siblings with dwarfism which complicates family life and uses finances for
> medical bills. I'm not sure his parents would allow their young son to
> travel alone, either. He is the first student I've ever had that I really
> thought could work for Pixar or Disney someday.  I'd love to show you
> samples of his work, but he wanted to tweak the programs before he'll let
> me share them. I invited him to study straight java to take the AP test as
> an 8th grader, but he only wants to study animation. ****
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> Any suggestions for****
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> 1.) scholarshipped summer camps, maybe with a chaperone, too? I'm thinking
> with his computer programming teacher!!****
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> 2.) What he should study next, even an on-line course?****
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> Thank you!!!****
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> Sandy Graham****
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