kids learning html

Nbh comes out of the office and says, "It's a little weird. A asked me a question in chat."

Me: "I like pie!" (this refers to a previous chat message A sent nbh a few days ago)
Nbh: "It was an HTML question"
Me: "A?"
Nbh: "Yeah, it's pretty weird. She's becoming a young adult. I thought it was K logging on with A's chat name, but confirmed it was her. Besides, it was something so basic it couldn't have been K."

a few minutes later....
Me: "Is she creating a Hannah Montana fan site?"
Nbh: "No, it mentioned cow farts."
*laughter*
Me: "Something related to the environment, I take it?"
Nbh: "Yeah, looked like some sort of school project. Instead of flatulence, she used the word fart."
Me: "I love it."

See, "A" is our friend K's 10 year old daughter. Nbh has known her all of her life, I've known her for however long I've known nbh (soon to be 10 years). We're just having to adjust that she's getting more sophisticated in the topics we'll be able to converse with her about. It's kinda cool.

Update: I talked with A's father and apparently it's not a school project. She decided she wanted to learn html. Apparently he taught her if/then statements a few weeks ago. Cool.

Posted by jennj at January 27, 2008 05:29 PM