Xref: utzoo news.groups:15680 alt.kids-talk:75 Path: utzoo!attcan!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!att!mcdchg!ddsw1!benfeen From: benfeen@ddsw1.MCS.COM (Ben Feen) Newsgroups: news.groups,alt.kids-talk Subject: Re: You're Not A Kid! Message-ID: <1989Dec15.024300.1717@ddsw1.MCS.COM> Date: 15 Dec 89 02:43:00 GMT References: <1989Nov17.032939.11435@ddsw1.MCS.COM> <1222@mondo.omni.com> <1989Nov26.043958.771@ddsw1.MCS.COM> <6352@hacgate.UUCP> <4389@helios.ee.lbl.gov> <846@disk.UUCP> <452@althea.UUCP> <33190@ucbvax.BERKELEY.EDU> Reply-To: benfeen@ddsw1.MCS.COM (Ben Feen) Organization: ddsw1.MCS.COM Contributor, Mundelein, IL Lines: 20 >Hear, hear! If this is going to be a forum for "real" kids then I >think the older "kid wannabes" and near-adults (like Antony) should >pipe down and see if we can't encourage younger kids (let's say in >the pre-high-school age frame) to speak up. The rest of the net is >available for those who want to have intellectual discussions. >Anybody as articulate as Antony and the other alleged kids who have >been posting here can certainly find a forum for their views >on just about any topic. I remember going in to work with my >mom when I was 8 or 9 and having a great time playing with punch >cards--but a kids' network discussion group would have been >even better! Sigh. I see things on the KIDS mailing list, like HI MY NAME IS BEN I"M 11 I LIVE IN MUNDELEIN I LIIJKNE TO PLAY NIONTENDNDNO. I realize that some kids are more articulate than this, but not all. Maybe the kids with less proficiency in writing could get help from mom or dad? -- |Opus and Frodo live! | "Sometimes, when your cat just died and you've cut off your favorite appendage(s) with a power saw and there's epoxy in the Visine and you brush your teeth with Clearasil it helps to say 'What the f*ck'" | This signature consists of non-blanks separated by blanks.