HAS YOUR HOME COMPUTER GOT YOU ON THE RUN? CALL A KID FOR HELP.Byline: Carolyn Thompson Carolyn Thompson is a former Texas Tech basketball player, playing from 1980-1984. She was born in Hobbs, New Mexico. With a career total of 2,655 points, Thompson is the all-time leading scorer for the Texas Tech Lady Raiders and is ranked second in points per game with 21. Associated Press Associated Press: see news agency. Associated Press (AP) Cooperative news agency, the oldest and largest in the U.S. and long the largest in the world. When Paul Bradley went kicking and screaming into the computer age, he did what a lot of people have done lately when they've found themselves unable to get from the ``on'' button to on line. He called one of the experts: a kid. ``He's riveted. He's really in tune with the computer,'' Bradley, 58, said of his tutor TUTOR - A Scripting language on PLATO systems from CDC. ["The TUTOR Language", Bruce Sherwood, Control Data, 1977]. , 18-year-old Jeffrey Vogel. ``It's part of his being. These young, uncluttered minds.'' Adults who went to school during the age of slide rules and adding machines are learning computers from kids nowadays. After all, who better than someone who's been playing games and doing homework on a computer since he was old enough to guide a mouse? Teen-age tutors are also less expensive than adult instructors. And maybe less intimidating in·tim·i·date tr.v. in·tim·i·dat·ed, in·tim·i·dat·ing, in·tim·i·dates 1. To make timid; fill with fear. 2. To coerce or inhibit by or as if by threats. , too. ``I think adults tend to be more willing to talk to youngsters,'' said Michael Zabinski, founder of the National Computer Camp. ``An adult may be in more need of patience. They may not be as quick to grasp.'' Like Vogel, many of the teen-age tutors are largely self-taught computer whizzes who get hired through word of mouth. Other youngsters offer their expertise in more formal settings. Beachwood High School Beachwood High School is a public high school located in Beachwood, Ohio, east of Cleveland, Ohio. It is part Of the Beachwood City Schools District. The school is home to about 550 students from 9th-12th grade. The school has storied athletics, academics, and extra-curriculars. in suburban Cleveland, for example, has an Elder Class Program, in which retirees learn about computers from high school and middle school kids. ``A lot of people didn't grow up in the computer age and they need some elementary instruction about it,'' said Vogel, a North Andover High School North Andover High School is a public secondary school located in the town of North Andover, Massachusetts. The town of North Andover is about 40 minutes north of Boston and located in southern Essex County, bordering the city of Lawrence and the town of Andover. senior. ``It's not their best skill or whatever. I understand.'' |
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