[TOS] gifted high school student

[Ryan Rix]

Hello David,

On Wed 22 December 2010, Robert Arkiletian <Robert Arkiletian 
<robark at gmail.com>> wrote:
> On Wed, Dec 22, 2010 at 1:43 PM, Robert Arkiletian <robark at gmail.com> 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 for X, port knocker, audio player (all in
> > 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?
> > 
> > Thanks
> > --
> > Robert Arkiletian
> > Eric Hamber Secondary, Vancouver, Canada
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> First let me disclaim that I am hardly the person to rate Canadian
> colleges, however I am a decent observer and can certainly say that
> Seneca is very active on this list, and the list of projects they've
> had students tackling is impressive.
> 
> That said - I'd actively encourage you to have him look into open
> source communities that he can actively participate in (if he isn't
> already) Fedora would be my first recommendation (albeit a biased one)
> and we have a number of high school students who have become core and
> key contributors, and I think tend to be pretty welcoming.
> 

On top of what David said, if the student can qualify, i'd highly recommend 
looking in to Google Summer of Code as a way to get involved in Open Source. I 
participated with KDE over the last summer, before enrolling in university 
this semester. I know a classmate of mine was able to get involved in SoC 
while still in high school, though I'm not sure what strings had to be pulled 
to allow for that to happen. It sounds like they're at about the same level 
though, in terms of giftedness, so it's definitely possible.

> David Nalley.

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Ryan Rix
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