[Sussex] Surprised?

[Mark Harrison (Groups)]

On Fri, 2005-07-15 at 12:32 +0100, Geoffrey Teale wrote:
> For some reason this article seems to think the fact that a 10 year old can 
> get MCP status is newsworthy.  Many of us have assumed that MCP certification 
> was aimed at 10 year old for a long time..  :-)
> 
> http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/business/232514_msftarfa14.html
> 

I don't think it's that hard :-)

Seriously, though - the general feeling in academic circles is that
Mathematicians are at their peak at around age _11_, in terms of ability
to learn and ability to reason logically.

Older people have a wider pool of learning to reason FROM, which is why
they (tend to) make better decisions, but that's different from
"efficiency".

This is part the reason why, when you DO force-feed children advanced
Maths, so that they go to university at age 13-14ish, they tend to be
top of the class academically, and go on to research.

Not surprised, therefore, that a 10 year old can pass MCP - if you cram
them the right knowledge fast enough...

... it might be an interesting publicity stunt to get a class that age
to try MCP and the RedHat certification :-)

M.