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Now and then? This kid is 17 now. Have things really changed that much? I think it's more likely he went to a different school and his parents had a differen
by dasil003 13y ago
Now and then? This kid is 17 now. Have things really changed that much? I think it's more likely he went to a different school and his parents had a different temperament than you and your fellow parents.
- bananas 13y agoDefinitely have changed. There is less respect for teachers, the school system and people communicate more. This has happened because there were a hell of a lot of victims. Also communication between parents is now at an all time high. I've seen this change in just the last two years.
- GuiA 13y agoI think the 17 in the article is a typo for 27. He picked up programming in his teenage years, and the article mentions a "10 years later". Also, it'd be extremely surprising (possible, but surprising) that a 17 year old would have "won awards and travelled all around the country to meet people and attend or speak at conferences."
- DanielTomlinson 13y agoHey! Writer here, I just thought it might be worth saying that I am indeed 17! :) I started programming aged around 7 or 8, and have won a couple of awards (Most recently a Google Code Award for ProjectHermes - a natural language analysing bullying detector for twitter), and spoken at a few events as well. I'm incredibly surprised myself by the things I've done over the years, it's a pretty awesome world!
- DanielTomlinson 13y agoI sadly did not go to a different school, my parents insisted that that school would give me the best education, so I had no choice but to stay. My parents did try to sort things out, nothing happened though, so I stopped telling them about it.