alice-teacher question for Don Slater

[Ella Glazer]

You should send them an email telling them about him -- they are always on
the lookout for the best and the brightest.  Also tell him to enter some
programming contests, lots of tech firms look for talent there too.


On Fri, May 31, 2013 at 1:18 PM, Sandy Graham <sandyg at gvtc.com> wrote:

> Thank you, Ella! How does he tap into what Google offers?
>
> Sandy Graham
> Sent from my iPhone
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> On May 31, 2013, at 8:18 AM, Ella Glazer <ella.glazer at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> 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****
>>
>> ** **
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> Sent: Monday, May 13, 2013 12:27 AM****
>>
>> ** **
>>
>> 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. ****
>>
>> ** **
>>
>> Any suggestions for****
>>
>> 1.) scholarshipped summer camps, maybe with a chaperone, too? I'm
>> thinking with his computer programming teacher!!****
>>
>> 2.) What he should study next, even an on-line course?****
>>
>> ** **
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>> Thank you!!!****
>>
>> ** **
>>
>> Sandy Graham****
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