I must be, for the last couple of days I have had this thought I just can’t get out of my mind.
I have been thinking it would be an interesting challenge to set up a “school” to train the ‘Developmentally Challenged’ [ current politically correct term for mentally handicapped / retards ] in IT 😀
naturally, only those interested in it.
It really does sound like a crazy idea though. I think that it is possible, and we would see some very good staff come out of such a programme. I have had the pleasure of training developmentally challenged people in working as short order line cooks. While the pace is slower for their learning, they actually do very well once they catch the concepts.
Not a formal academic form of training, more a hands on training, with the concepts being explained as the tasks are done. [ student being ready to learn them in the process of learning how to apply them ]
possibly with practical experience in business as a part of the course.
so, am I crazy? or just completely off my rocker? 😉
