Volunteered to teach some 5th graders how to code today

And now I'm questioning my career choice. That was the most fulfilling 5 hours I've spent in a long time, and honestly, if possible I would've continued for the whole day. At least for a start I'm going to keep going back- when we finished the lesson some of the kids were saying I was the best teacher they'd had and before he was leaving, one of them held my arm and asked if I was going to come back. Melted my heart. I definitely have to be there again.

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BiasForAction · M

Awesome!

Harriet03 · 41-45, F

How long before they're breaking into security systems?

justanothername · 51-55, M

@Harriet03 Or building smart phone apps

justanothername · 51-55, M

What code were you using?

somedude15 · 26-30, M

@justanothername starting with scratch and planning to progress to real code like python after.

justanothername · 51-55, M

@somedude15 scratch is a very good base to build. Swift would be another good code to learn.

Mamapolo2016 · F

What a great day! Some dreams you have to chase.

MarkPaul · 26-30, M

Congrats! That's a major win for everyone.

Nebula · 41-45, F

Aww 😊

bijouxbroussard · F

That’s wonderful. Both that you volunteered and that you enjoyed it. Most places need good teachers. Hope you get the opportunity again, and maybe do it for a living.

somedude15 · 26-30, M

@bijouxbroussard I think with my job, I might have the chance to work with schools but hopefully I get to put more time into this

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