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On Wed, Jun 12, 2013 at 4:02 PM, Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> wrote:

> On Thu, Jun 13, 2013 at 5:46 AM, John Ladasky
> <john_ladasky@sbcglobal.net> wrote:
> > He's a smart kid, but prefers to be shown, to be tutored, rather than
> having the patience to sit down and RTFM.  Have any of you been down this
> road before?  I would appreciate it if you would share your experiences, or
> provide resource material.
> >
>

There is a google course in python on videos.  I believe it has time outs
for doing assignments.  Here is where you go to get started
https://developers.google.com/edu/python/

>
> Actually yes! My dad (whose name is also John) asked me the same
> question, regarding one of my siblings. I put the question to the
> list, and got back a number of excellent and most useful answers
> regarding book recommendations, and we ended up going with (if memory
> serves me) Think Python [1]. It seems to be doing fine, though I've
> overheard some issues regarding Tkinter, Python 3.3, and Debian
> Squeeze. So be aware that you may have to compile your own Python, and
> if you do, you may have to look at what modules get compiled in. But
> from my experience of building Python, that's not difficult.
>
> [1] http://www.greenteapress.com/thinkpython/ I think, but DNS on this
> computer is broken at the moment so I can't verify that link
>
> ChrisA
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>



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My son wants me to teach him Python John Ladasky <john_ladasky@sbcglobal.net> - 2013-06-12 12:46 -0700
  Re: My son wants me to teach him Python Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2013-06-13 06:02 +1000
    Re: My son wants me to teach him Python John Ladasky <john_ladasky@sbcglobal.net> - 2013-06-12 15:07 -0700
  Re: My son wants me to teach him Python Joel Goldstick <joel.goldstick@gmail.com> - 2013-06-12 16:23 -0400
  Re: My son wants me to teach him Python Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2013-06-13 06:34 +1000
    Re: My son wants me to teach him Python John Ladasky <john_ladasky@sbcglobal.net> - 2013-06-12 15:06 -0700
      Re: My son wants me to teach him Python Ian Kelly <ian.g.kelly@gmail.com> - 2013-06-12 16:22 -0600
  Re: My son wants me to teach him Python Ethan Furman <ethan@stoneleaf.us> - 2013-06-12 14:31 -0700
  Re: My son wants me to teach him Python Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2013-06-13 09:34 +1000
  Re: My son wants me to teach him Python Rick Johnson <rantingrickjohnson@gmail.com> - 2013-06-12 21:00 -0700
    Re: My son wants me to teach him Python Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2013-06-13 14:08 +1000
      Re: My son wants me to teach him Python Rick Johnson <rantingrickjohnson@gmail.com> - 2013-06-12 21:47 -0700
        Re: My son wants me to teach him Python Andrew Berg <robotsondrugs@gmail.com> - 2013-06-13 00:23 -0500
        Re: My son wants me to teach him Python Modulok <modulok@gmail.com> - 2013-06-12 23:30 -0600
        Re: My son wants me to teach him Python Ethan Furman <ethan@stoneleaf.us> - 2013-06-12 22:48 -0700
        Re: My son wants me to teach him Python Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2013-06-13 14:53 +1000
        Re: My son wants me to teach him Python Cameron Simpson <cs@zip.com.au> - 2013-06-14 11:05 +1000
  Re: My son wants me to teach him Python TP <wingusr@gmail.com> - 2013-06-13 01:35 -0700
  Re: My son wants me to teach him Python Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2013-06-13 18:43 +1000
  Re: My son wants me to teach him Python rusi <rustompmody@gmail.com> - 2013-06-13 06:01 -0700
    Re: My son wants me to teach him Python Roy Smith <roy@panix.com> - 2013-06-13 09:07 -0400
      Re: My son wants me to teach him Python rusi <rustompmody@gmail.com> - 2013-06-13 06:37 -0700
        Python biases [was Re: My son wants me to teach him Python] Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> - 2013-06-14 00:44 +0000
          Re: Python biases [was Re: My son wants me to teach him Python] rusi <rustompmody@gmail.com> - 2013-06-13 20:31 -0700
    Re: My son wants me to teach him Python Tomasz Rola <rtomek@ceti.pl> - 2013-06-13 17:37 +0200
      Re: My son wants me to teach him Python Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> - 2013-06-14 01:23 +0000
        Re: My son wants me to teach him Python Ben Finney <ben+python@benfinney.id.au> - 2013-06-14 12:43 +1000
        Re: My son wants me to teach him Python Ethan Furman <ethan@stoneleaf.us> - 2013-06-13 18:44 -0700
        Re: My son wants me to teach him Python Dennis Lee Bieber <wlfraed@ix.netcom.com> - 2013-06-14 20:00 -0400
    Re: My son wants me to teach him Python Joshua Landau <joshua.landau.ws@gmail.com> - 2013-06-13 21:08 +0100
  Re: My son wants me to teach him Python Mark Janssen <dreamingforward@gmail.com> - 2013-06-13 10:34 -0700
  Re: My son wants me to teach him Python russ.pobox@gmail.com - 2013-06-13 12:03 -0700
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