8 year old passes Microsoft Cert, wants create “new operational system”
Wow, just wow. He wants to create a new operational system. Okay I don’t mean to laugh at his little mistake. He is the youngest certified computer system administrator. This is just ridiculous. It also goes to show how useless these certifications actually are.
And when congratulated by Microsoft, the 8 year old Casalan’s reaction was gold “The Microsoft officials gave me computer games and DVDs with cartoons when I passed the exams because I am a child. That was nice, but I’m not really interested in those things.” I somehow think the Microsoft officials did what’s most appropriate.
Marko Casalan, 8, is officially world’s youngest IT whizz
At the age of 8, Marko has become the world’s youngest certified computer system administrator and was deemed the Mozart of Computers by the press after passing exams for IT professionals with the computer giant Microsoft.
“The Microsoft officials gave me computer games and DVDs with cartoons when I passed the exams because I am a child. That was nice, but I’m not really interested in those things,” young Marko told The Times.
“I’d like to be a computer scientist when I grow up and create a new operational system.”
His parents, who are IT experts and run a computer school for children, are considering sending Marko abroad to a specialised institute of learning for gifted children, as none exists in Macedonia.
“Marko displayed exceptional learning abilities at a very early age. He was able to replicate a computer operation after only reading about it on the internet. Now we ask him for help when we have some IT related problem at work,” Marko’s mother, Radica Calasan, 38, told The Times. (Source: TimesOnline)
I generally don’t agree with putting kids through these gifted programs. They’re hardly that beneficial. I feel a kid who enjoys his or her childhood with other friends of similar age gain a hundred times more experience than a kid with an Microsoft Certified Systems Administrator (MCSA). Well, just saying.
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I love technology but to be honest I didn’t use my first computer until I was 27 (that was some time ago). Today I’m as competent a software engineer as anyone yet I didn’t need to start programming at age 8 to do that.
Although I’m a software developer who works from home my 4 kids have very little exposure to computers and no TV. Instead, my wife and I encourage them to do creative play which they do all day long. We are home schooling to allow our children to have as much unstructured play time as possible. We do teach them things but they they learn in the process of play not sitting at a desk. I’m not saying that a more traditional way of raising kids is bad, just that we do things different. Anyway, I agree somewhat with what your saying but if my child showed a passion for computer programming I would encourage it as that is what he is interested in.
Jan 19
From my reading, it sounds like he believes that all current operating systems aren’t really operational.
Jan 24
It’s not everyday that things like this happen. Ya his parents probably push him in that direction, and maybe it’s a rare combination of his interests and his parens line of work, but a lot of kids I know don’t excel like that even when their parents are pushing them forwards. Something about him makes him different. I don’t think we should be afraid of it. He might change his mind when he gets older though.
Sep 14
Well, the kid is just an IT genius, started to use computers at the age of 2 and his parents helped him… What is wrong with that? If he was a world known violin player, nobody would think he is a freak!
Some kids like sports… when I was a kid, I didn’t like sports – I preferred reading books. Does that make me a freak? I don’t think so… We should stop judging the boy and say CONGRATS! Way to go!
Jan 05