Python for a 10-14 years old?

[Aahz]

In article <1111660534.419431.75750 at f14g2000cwb.googlegroups.com>,
Michele Simionato <michele.simionato at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>But here I am discussing other kind of intellectual capabilities,
>in particular the ability to learn a programming language.
>
>I think the problem most kids face is *not* lack of intellectual
>capability, but lack of concentration. Most kids cannot keep
>their concentration focused on a single topic for a long period
>of time, so they start one thing and never finish it, since
>they have a thousand other little things to do in the mean time.

That's part of it.  Another issue is that general problem-solving skills
do increase with experience.  I also think that programming ability
tracks reading/writing ability to at least some extent, and while there
are child prodigies with language, they seem to be rarer than smaller
skillsets.
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"The joy of coding Python should be in seeing short, concise, readable
classes that express a lot of action in a small amount of clear code -- 
not in reams of trivial code that bores the reader to death."  --GvR