None needed. The push for tyranny is in plain sight.
"Reading, writing, and . . . coding; Programming gains cachet at nation’s schools" by Matt Richtel | New York Times May 11, 2014
MILL VALLEY, Calif. — Seven-year-old Jordan Lisle, a second-grader, joined his family at a packed after-hours school event last month aimed at inspiring a new interest: computer programming.
“I’m a little afraid he’s falling behind,” his mother, Wendy Lisle, said, explaining why they had signed up for the class at Strawberry Point Elementary School.
The event was part of a national educational movement in computer coding instruction that is growing at Internet speeds. Since December, 20,000 teachers from kindergarten through 12th grade have introduced coding lessons, according to Code.org, a group backed by the tech industry that offers free curriculums.
In addition, some 30 school districts, including New York City and Chicago, have agreed to add coding classes in the fall, mainly in high schools but in lower grades, too. And policy makers in nine states have begun awarding the same credits for computer science classes that they do for basic math and science courses, rather than treating them as electives.
There are after-school events, too, like the one in Mill Valley, where 70 parents and 90 children, ranging from kindergartners to fifth-graders, huddled over computers solving animated puzzles to learn the basics of computer logic.
It is a stark change for computer science, which for decades was equated with trade classes like wood shop. But smartphones and apps are ubiquitous now, and engineering careers are hot.
To many parents — particularly ones here in the heart of the technology corridor — coding looks less like an extracurricular activity and more like a basic life skill, one that might someday lead to a great job or even instant riches.
I'm sick of the monied media, sorry. They are as bad as the money junkies they $erve.
The spread of coding instruction, while still nascent, is “unprecedented — there’s never been a move this fast in education,” said Elliot Soloway, a professor of education and computer science at the University of Michigan. He sees it as potentially inspiring students to develop a new passion, perhaps the way that teaching frog dissection may inspire future surgeons and biologists.
But the momentum for early coding comes with caveats, too.
You know, I knew it wasn't everything the agenda-pu$hing media $aid.
It is not clear that teaching basic computer science in grade school will beget future jobs or foster broader creativity and logical thinking, as some champions of the movement project.
The current generation was promised those jobs, and then they were all shipped overseas or filled by illegals with work visas.
And particularly for younger children, Soloway said, the activity is more like a video game — better than simulated gunplay, but not likely to impart actual programming skills.
Why not give 'em a gun in the f***ing womb for Christ's sake?
Some educators worry about the industry’s heavy role: Major tech companies and their founders, including Bill Gates and Facebook’s Mark Zuckerberg, have put up about $10 million for Code.org.
The movement comes with no shortage of “we’re changing the world” marketing fervor from Silicon Valley.
I can't take the elite hubris and arrogance anymore, either.
“This is strategically significant for the economy of the United States,” said John Pearce, a technology entrepreneur. He and another entrepreneur, Jeff Leane, have started a nonprofit, MV Gate, to bring youth and family coding courses developed by Code.org to Mill Valley, an affluent suburb across the Golden Gate Bridge from San Francisco.
Related: "nonprofits provide new ways for corporations and individuals to influence"
That is who the paper is written of and for.
Parents love the idea of giving children something to do with computers that they see as productive, Pearce said.
“We have any number of parents who say, ‘I can’t take my kid playing one more hour of video games,’ ” he said. But if the children are exploring coding, the parents tell him, “ ‘I can live with that all night long.’”
So hip with the terminology.
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Maybe these guys can help decode things:
"Hackers get to hone cybersecurity skills; Competition held at UMass Boston" by Travis Andersen | Globe Staff May 04, 2014
Armed with laptops, they packed a lounge at the University of Massachusetts Boston on Saturday, diligently working to gain access to protected computer networks.
But these 60 or so hackers were not breaking any laws.
They were participating in a competition hosted by a Maryland-based nonprofit that offers cybersecurity courses and helps connect students to jobs in the rapidly expanding industry.
The $urveillance $tate being pushed by you-know-who!
That's where the jobs are now in this militaristic empire that now has the mask off.
“They’re here being challenged, they’re learning, and they’re having fun,” said David Brown, executive director of Cyber Aces, the group that ran the contest, dubbed the Governor’s Cyber Aces State Championship in Massachusetts.
The competition came less than two weeks after cyberattacks targeted Boston Children’s Hospital in an effort to take down its website.
Related: Hackers Hate Children
Other high-profile security incidents in Massachusetts include a computer system breach last fall at the Briar Group, a local restaurant chain, that put the credit card information of thousands of customers at risk.
See: Conventioneers Caught in Boston Globe Briar Patch
Also see: Walsh's World
Who would want to go there?
Brown said that before the competition, participants heard from the FBI as part of a digital ethics panel.
What would the FBI know about ethics!? Seriously!
One participant, Eben Berry, a Boston-area resident who served in the US Army and works in network security, said the contest involved tasks that are “similar to what cyberthieves and criminals do.”
Security experts, after all, must know their enemy.
Here is your target.
Now why don't you go get them along with the perverts?
“Good law enforcement people think like criminals,” Berry said. “They just don’t act on it.”
What about BAD LAW ENFORCEMENT?
Governor Deval Patrick’s administration worked with Cyber Aces to bring the competition to the Bay State. “The Cyber Aces program is part of our collective efforts in Massachusetts to recruit, train, and employ the best talent in cybersecurity,” Patrick said in a statement.
All this tyranny based on false flag lies!
Brown said the contestants who were invited to the state championship were the top performers among the more than 1,000 people in Massachusetts who enrolled in the group’s free cybersecurity courses online.
So any terrorist could take them, huh?
On Saturday, the contestants worked in a simulation program called SANS NetWars, which the US military uses to train officers in network warfare, Cyber Aces said. The program tests a number of skills, including digital forensics and vulnerability assessment.
What that means is the BIGGEST HACKER on planet Earth is the US GOVERNMENT! So forget China or any demon de jour the AmeriKan government accuses. It's either self-inflicted or emanating from the Eastern European bases of the Jewish mafia.
The top three finishers — Kevin Murphy, 30, of Weymouth; Connor Quick, 17, of Gardner; and Mark Mossberg, 19, of Boston — won scholarships and opportunities for more training. Contestants who performed well will connect with government agencies and businesses in June in an online career fair.
This empire needs to fall, and fast.
“I congratulate all of the participants and award winners at today’s competition and thank all nonprofit, industry and military partners for making this event a success to benefit our workforce, the Commonwealth’s economy, and national security,” Patrick said.
He is disgusting and gross and I am so glad he is leaving the corner office.
Brown, whose nonprofit runs similar competitions in several other states — including Virginia, New Jersey, and Minnesota— said the group works to prepare tech savvy students who can ultimately offer their services to public and private entities.
“They all have information that they have to protect,” Brown said of the firms and agencies looking to hire security experts. “And there are many, many people who are trying to break into systems.”
And they both work for the same employers!!! It's called a $elf-fulfilling prophecy!
One of the contestants — Sean Reid, a 22-year-old senior at the University of Massachusetts Dartmouth — said he has a summer internship lined up in software development, but would consider working in network security.
“I think the thing about cybersecurity is how deeply it goes into everyone’s lives,” Reid said.
Alan Paller, the founder of Cyber Aces and cochairman of a federal task force on cybersecurity, said a skilled workforce is needed to confront the growing threat.
“We need a new group of cyberdefenders who can out-think and outmaneuver attackers,” he said in statement. “In two years, [program participants will] have the skills that will make them some of the most sought-after candidates on the job market.”
They also work on offense, too!
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