Period 3: Tuesday: Zen Computer Science
Flynn sat with his feet up on the desk, waiting for everyone to saunter in to the computer lab.
Satisfied that everyone had settled in, he began.
"Greetings, Programs!" He raised his hands in greeting as he stood up from his desk.
"I am your teacher for this fine fine hour. You can call me Flynn, or Mr. Flynn if you prefer." He moved around to the front
of the desk and picked up a shiny DVD-like disc.
"This... is your identity disc. Guard it with your life. Everything you work on here will be recorded and saved on this disc."
He started marching up and down the front of the room.
"Lose it and you will be subject to immediate dereso... detention." Flynn caught himself, and realized how much of Sark's speech
he still remembered.
He sat back down on the lip of his desk.
"When you deal with computers, believe it or not, you are dealing with a literal thinking machine. While it operates on a much higher
level then we do, it's still a thinking machine."
He let that settle in for a moment.
"What I intend to show you is how to interact with your thinking machine and get the most out of it. Learn how to feel
the interactions, read the operations, and generally become a better User."
"We learn in this class by doing, but I'm not going to be so harsh as to chuck you in the deep end right away." Flynn smiled.
"So firstly, we're going to discover each other. We'll introduce ourselves, and then talk about what we do know about computers."
He smiled again.
"From there, we can discuss what your path of discovery and adventure will be for the next semester."
As the bell rang and everyone flew out to lunch, Flynn smiled. "I'll be available most any time if someone needs to talk."
Satisfied that everyone had settled in, he began.
"Greetings, Programs!" He raised his hands in greeting as he stood up from his desk.
"I am your teacher for this fine fine hour. You can call me Flynn, or Mr. Flynn if you prefer." He moved around to the front
of the desk and picked up a shiny DVD-like disc.
"This... is your identity disc. Guard it with your life. Everything you work on here will be recorded and saved on this disc."
He started marching up and down the front of the room.
"Lose it and you will be subject to immediate dereso... detention." Flynn caught himself, and realized how much of Sark's speech
he still remembered.
He sat back down on the lip of his desk.
"When you deal with computers, believe it or not, you are dealing with a literal thinking machine. While it operates on a much higher
level then we do, it's still a thinking machine."
He let that settle in for a moment.
"What I intend to show you is how to interact with your thinking machine and get the most out of it. Learn how to feel
the interactions, read the operations, and generally become a better User."
"We learn in this class by doing, but I'm not going to be so harsh as to chuck you in the deep end right away." Flynn smiled.
"So firstly, we're going to discover each other. We'll introduce ourselves, and then talk about what we do know about computers."
He smiled again.
"From there, we can discuss what your path of discovery and adventure will be for the next semester."
As the bell rang and everyone flew out to lunch, Flynn smiled. "I'll be available most any time if someone needs to talk."