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Suarez spoke in a TED convention in which he made a very good point. He said that it is very easy for kids to learn how to play the violin or play soccer because the resources in order to do that are very accessible and available. However, a kid with the aspirations that Suarez had, which was to learn programming and make games, may not be able to find the necessary resources in order to do that. Apple released a development kit which Suarez began to familiarize himself with and make test apps. One of these test apps, called Earth Fortune, he later released in the app store.
Suarez, like Taylor Wilson who I discussed last week, is helping to persuade kids like him that they can truly do whatever they want to do with their lives. Also, there is no reason that they cannot do something just because they are kids. There is truly nothing that can limit or prevent you from going after your goals and enjoying your life. Suarez definitely promotes civic engagement as well in that he is promoting the pursuit of programming. He also spoke about using clubs like the one he started in his school where he can help other students and teach them about what he has done with creating apps. He wants to ensure that the resources are available for students that are interested in the topic.
I found Suarez's Ted talk to be extremely interesting and inspiring and as I mentioned last week, I find that young kids' success stories are very moving to me. It is amazing that he was able to do what he has done in his short twelve years of life.
This is incredible. I had a friend in high school who developed The Impossible Quiz, the famous internet sensation back in middle school, for the iPhone and iPod touch and I thought that was impressive, but this is even crazier. Like I said last week, it doesn't surprise me at all. If my 3 year old baby cousin cousin can go into my aunts purse, grab her iPhone, unlock it with the password, and find her way to Angry Birds, I don't find it hard to believe that a 12 year-old can learn some coding and develop an app. I can't image what the future holds.
ReplyDeleteThis is so cool. A kid I went to high school with invented an app and sold it to Apple (the OneSchool app), and I just found out that he has moved to California and is a freelance entrepreneur in the tech field. He is one of those people that I totally expected to do something really technologically impressive, but not so soon. I do understand the idea that the sooner people are exposed to technology, the more likely they are to be able to do something extraordinary. Kids born in the past few years have no idea what life was like before the internet and or what a VHS tape is. It's really impressive and makes me optimistic about future inventors.
ReplyDeleteTo be honest, I can't even open microsoft excell without becoming thoroughly confused. Your past two stories have been absolutely incredible. Of course there have always been wiz kids that are prodigies and what not, but it seems as technology advances so do our kid geniuses.
ReplyDeleteThis is insane. Like it totally blows my mind. I'm pretty anti-technology, so I'm already at a disadvantage there compared to people our age. But then you throw this genius into the mix and I feel totally inept haha. More power to him.
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