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Ancient Dragon · Aug 2nd, 2005, 6:13 PM

Quote:

School days, school days,
Dear old golden rule days.
'Readin' and 'ritin' and 'rithmetic,
Taught to the tune of a hick'ry stick.
I was your queen in calico,
You were my bashful barefoot beau,
And I wrote on your slate,
'I love you, Joe,'
When we were a couple of kids.

http://www.kididdles.com/mouseum/s120.html

That song brings back old memories -- and at 62 I'm back to school!

Taking two classes in C# programming because I know next to nothing about it. Who said you can't teach an old dog new tricks :eek:

Sane · Aug 2nd, 2005, 7:03 PM

Wow. Nice work. Great to see people that motivated to learn more programming. :eek:

EverLearning · Aug 2nd, 2005, 7:08 PM

you are becoming "ever-learning"

Best of luck! I know nothing about C#, hmmm...I probably should mess around with it over a free minute... one of my friends called it a "cute" language...

DaWei · Aug 2nd, 2005, 8:02 PM

In Texas, "cute" means bowlegged. Congratulations, Dragon. My mother used to sing that song, incidentally.

EverLearning · Aug 2nd, 2005, 8:05 PM

Texas must be whooole 'nuther cowntry... :p

Infinite Recursion · Aug 3rd, 2005, 7:48 AM

Congrats Ancient Dragon, never too late to learn something new... Hopefully at 62, I will still be motivated to learn as you are. Out of curiousity, are you taking these classes at a local college or through a training company? I've been trying to find an company in the US that provides offsite courses in C# programming, but haven't found any as of yet.

Ancient Dragon · Aug 3rd, 2005, 12:57 PM

I will be taking them through a local college about 5 miles from where I work. If you have a lot of people in your company that needs the training you can usually arrange with the local college to get a teacher to teach the course at your place of employment. Also, if you live near a large city (1 Million+ people) look in the yellow pages for training companies.

Infinite Recursion · Aug 3rd, 2005, 1:04 PM

Thanks for the information. The reason I was asking about offsite training... is because my employer offers training twice a year in any subject matter that is related to my job... I was looking for something offsite, so I could travel and have sort of a "mini-vacation" also... I've been ultra busy at work this year, so I'm trying to squeeze the training in at the last minute. The other three people on my team have already been or have it scheduled... lol

Aug 2nd, 2005, 7:08 PM	#3
EverLearning Hobbyist Programmer Join Date: May 2005 Location: Indiana Posts: 130 Rep Power: 4	you are becoming "ever-learning" Best of luck! I know nothing about C#, hmmm...I probably should mess around with it over a free minute... one of my friends called it a "cute" language... __________________ got math? yumm... "All men by nature desire to know" -Aristotle, Metaphysics

Aug 2nd, 2005, 8:02 PM	#4
DaWei Resident Grouch Join Date: Jun 2005 Posts: 6,453 Rep Power: 10	In Texas, "cute" means bowlegged. Congratulations, Dragon. My mother used to sing that song, incidentally. __________________ Abstraction doesn't make it impossible to write bad code; it makes it possible to write superior code. Contributor's Corner: Grumpy on C++ Exceptions DaWei on Pointers

Aug 2nd, 2005, 8:05 PM	#5
EverLearning Hobbyist Programmer Join Date: May 2005 Location: Indiana Posts: 130 Rep Power: 4	Texas must be whooole 'nuther cowntry... :p __________________ got math? yumm... "All men by nature desire to know" -Aristotle, Metaphysics

Aug 3rd, 2005, 7:48 AM	#6
Infinite Recursion Programming Guru Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: United States Posts: 3,467 Rep Power: 8	Congrats Ancient Dragon, never too late to learn something new... Hopefully at 62, I will still be motivated to learn as you are. Out of curiousity, are you taking these classes at a local college or through a training company? I've been trying to find an company in the US that provides offsite courses in C# programming, but haven't found any as of yet. __________________ http://jasonpowers.net "There are a thousand hacking at the branches of evil to one who is striking at the root."

Aug 3rd, 2005, 1:04 PM	#8
Infinite Recursion Programming Guru Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: United States Posts: 3,467 Rep Power: 8	Thanks for the information. The reason I was asking about offsite training... is because my employer offers training twice a year in any subject matter that is related to my job... I was looking for something offsite, so I could travel and have sort of a "mini-vacation" also... I've been ultra busy at work this year, so I'm trying to squeeze the training in at the last minute. The other three people on my team have already been or have it scheduled... lol __________________ http://jasonpowers.net "There are a thousand hacking at the branches of evil to one who is striking at the root."

Aug 2nd, 2005, 7:03 PM	#2
Sane Programming Guru Join Date: Apr 2005 Posts: 1,799 Rep Power: 5	Wow. Nice work. Great to see people that motivated to learn more programming. :eek:

Aug 3rd, 2005, 12:57 PM	#7
Ancient Dragon PFO God In Training Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: near St Louis, MO. (USA) Posts: 499 Rep Power: 4	I will be taking them through a local college about 5 miles from where I work. If you have a lot of people in your company that needs the training you can usually arrange with the local college to get a teacher to teach the course at your place of employment. Also, if you live near a large city (1 Million+ people) look in the yellow pages for training companies.

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