<p>Just wanted to share this moment, Son had submitted an iPhone App to Apple few weeks ago. Yesterday was his 17th Birthday and the approval email came as a surprise! </p>
<p>We are all very happy excited for him, as this is something that he loves to do! He had downloaded Stanford’s Open Course Ware this summer and created this application while learning how to program. He then submitted it for approval with 2 weeks of learning. It is free on iTunes and is called Twibble.</p>
<p>I want to feel proud, but then again, there may be tons of kids out there doing the same thing! </p>
<p>He has written 2 more Apps after that and now waiting to hear from them. This is the same child that I have been worried about with his B GPA!</p>
<p>Thank you for your wishes. Its one of those moments as parents you can fully imagine how I feel right now.</p>
<p>I have been worrying about him a lot. He is a HS rising senior, loves to learn for learnings sake but does not think earning an A is important. He will also not do an activity at school because he sees his friends do it for resume padding. </p>
<p>Why dont kids come with instructions manuals???</p>
<p>congrats to him! mathson rolls his eyes at us when we tell him about kids who do things like this. However he did have some interesting programming experiences he talked about on his application and I’m sure they helped.</p>
<p>I have a son something like yours. I won’t go into all the similarities, but let me say this … I was worried about college, too. Once he got there, though … he’s thrived. But separate from his school work, he took a hobby of his (videogaming like a lot of teenage boys) and combined it with a love for writing (even though he’s an economics major). He started writing unsolicited reviews/posts on an online videogame site. He was approached by the guy that ran the site to submit (for pay) articles that they needed. So, he incorporated himself and began writing for the site. This went on for a few months, and then they approached him again … this time to run the site, assuming the main dude’s duties: writing/editing/handling the budget/ finding writers … dealing with the various companies, i.e. microsoft, ea games, etc. He’s on staff now doing these things while getting his economics degree. He’s turned his “passion/hobby” into a very lucrative job while in college (flexible hours, have computer will travel. <g>) that’s essentially a lab course for his economics degree. He’s making great contacts in the gaming world and becoming a respected “expert” in his field. He’s in an online/techno world that I cannot comprehend, but I can tell (after listening to him talk about things w/ my attorney brother) that he’s gaining a huge amount of real-life experience that will truly translate into something with the law degree he hopes to pursue in a couple of years. He’s got this entrepeneur (sp?) spirit that didn’t translate well in high school, as he hated doing all the busy work (i.e. I get the math problems after doing 2 on the homework, why do I have to do more? or I’m not going to a club that I’m not interested in and walking in and signing the attendance sheet and walking out as a lot of my classmates do). So … there is great hope for these bright kids who don’t quite fit the “h.s. mold.” :)</g></p>
<p>I loved my son’s calc BC teacher. He told the kids to do as many homework problems as THEY felt they needed to. I love hearing about techie kids who do well IRL even if they don’t love school.</p>
<p>Zebes, my son does sound like yours! M so happy to hear about your son, how well he is doing and more imp is that he loves what he is doing.</p>
<p>My son too, has been involved in Web stuff since he was 12-13. First Logo designs then Web design. He did part time work and did pretty well, got written up in Techcrunch, which is a good thing I guess. He is constantly busy with learning new tools and learning/writing code and he just loves it!</p>
<p>This summer he downloaded all of Stanford OCW and learnt how to write iPhone apps. Its amazing to see his eyes light up when he talks about all this. But when it comes times to do Spanish HW or study for a test its another ball game.</p>
<p>His App that just got released is called Twibble. Its free to download from itunes and it is Twitter based, .i.e you would use it to log on to Twitter. There are other apps for this, but since this is his very first one which he learnt from Stanfords online lecture, it is a pretty good one. Plus it is free.</p>