That's good feedback -- thanks! I'm surprised that she found it too easy for a 12 year old, but Just Right for a precocious 5 year old. I was afraid of erring in the other direction.
Did she give examples of good books about computer science for 12 year olds? Maybe she meant kid's books in general?
Proofreading: it's a manuscript, of course it needs proofing. :D
I can't speak to when I was a five year old, but I think certainly I would have been ready to grasp those concepts when I was a few years younger than twelve.
No examples from her (other than "I'd prefer to expose them to Lewis Carroll or Phantom Tolbooth").
Proofreading - wasn't meant as a general piece of fairly obvious and patronising advice, like "if you write a book, remember to proofread!" She meant that the article you published wasn't proofread.
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That's good feedback -- thanks! I'm surprised that she found it too easy for a 12 year old, but Just Right for a precocious 5 year old. I was afraid of erring in the other direction.
Did she give examples of good books about computer science for 12 year olds? Maybe she meant kid's books in general?
Proofreading: it's a manuscript, of course it needs proofing. :D
I can't speak to when I was a five year old, but I think certainly I would have been ready to grasp those concepts when I was a few years younger than twelve.
No examples from her (other than "I'd prefer to expose them to Lewis Carroll or Phantom Tolbooth").
Proofreading - wasn't meant as a general piece of fairly obvious and patronising advice, like "if you write a book, remember to proofread!" She meant that the article you published wasn't proofread.
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