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* Through IRC and Mailing Lists.
* Through IRC and Mailing Lists.
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An example of the kind of screenshot of your first modification to your development environment which you should include in your application. Note that the drop-down menu text has Mel's email address in place of the word "Restart" - your screenshot should contain your email instead.
An example of the kind of screenshot of your first modification to your development environment which you should include in your application. Note that the drop-down menu text has Mel's email address in place of the word "Restart" - your screenshot should contain your email instead.
1. We want to make sure that you can set up a development environment before the summer starts. Please send us a link to a screenshot of your Sugar development environment with the following modification: when you hover over the XO-person icon in the middle of Home view, the drop-down text should have your email in place of "Restart." See the image on the right for an example. It's normal to need assistance with this, so please visit our IRC channel, #sugar on irc.freenode.net, and ask for help.
2. What is your t-shirt size? (Yes, we know Google asks for this already; humor us.)
Extra Large
3. Describe a great learning experience you had as a child.
We, here in India are taught the alphabet when we are 4 or so. I was having trouble making the letter 'f' in running hand, all the loops and the curves were abstruse for my tiny little brain. It was then when my mother associated the whole hand motion associated with making the letter 'f' with a story, how a thief escaped from the prison and how the police caught the thief. I still don't make perfect 'f', but I look back at it and wonder...had it not been for that the thief, the quick brown "ox" and not the "fox" would have been jumping over the lazy dog!
4. Is there anything else we should have asked you or anything else that we should know that might make us like you or your project more?
Apart from decent technical skills, I think what your organisation is looking for is people who are passionate. I wanted to be a teacher at one point of my life, but I guess my love for computers got me here. I believe that people who are passionate about education, passionate about giving back to the society in one way or the other would be most suited for the tasks associated with your organisation and that I am!
And as far as this project is concerned, making education more interactive, more fun is the need of the hour, especially in a country like mine where drop out rate at a primary level is really high. Such a toolkit would revolutionize the way we impart education.
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