Aamir Ghanchi wrote:
> Thanks for your reponse. From the way these questions are worded, I
> thought it was obvious to anyone that they are supposed to be an
> interview for a videogame designer to reflect on their first hand
> experience with the trade they are in.
Perhaps then it'd be more useful to the individual to be posing the
questions in this forum for herself. Posting on the Usenet is not
rocket science, and familiarity with the method by which things work in
these forums would give the individual a leg up on many of her
colleagues in school.
> Since the kid does not have "in person" access to such professionals, it
> made sense to post the questions online.
Sure; you don't have that access either clearly, so why not give the
student the tools to do the research for herself? Now, I understand
that 5th grade in the US implies about 10 years old, although I don't
know where any of those involved are located nor whether the student can
even read and write in English herself, but perhaps rather than throwing
out a fill-in-the-blanks, a more appropriate query would start somewhere
along the lines of, "the ten-year-old daughter of a colleague is looking
to do research on X, and would like to directly email a number of
individuals meeting criteria Y on topics such as A, B, and C. Anyone
who would be interested in helping this student in her studies, please
email some@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> I really don't intend to waste the bytes on these newsgroups by going
> into a lengthy discussion to make my point.
No worries. "We" have no idea what this information will be used for or
where it'll be reproduced. Indeed, anonymous information collected on
the intertubez seems to be of dubious value when it comes to research
anyway.
Good luck, all the same,
-tom!
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