[babalu1997]

last year i introduced bridge to 8-year old twin urchins.

they were not too interested in kibbing or learning, but i played with them.

within a week, the more enthusiastic of them aspired to play with a star player, the other one promptly rated himself world class.

while i played with them they kept asking what were people saying because they do not speak english.

their mother warned me that they would log on and pester me to play with them, i did not mind but, a couple of weeks later they stopped logging on. the mother ruled that their online time was excessive and that they ought to choose different ways to spend time in the mornings (they go to school in the afternoons till 6.30 pm)

One chose soccer lessons, 3 times a week

The other one chose english classes, saying he will return to playing bridge when he learns english, i think he will be a bridge player, i hear he even brags to people that he plays bridge.

[ggwhiz]

After a month of back and forth with the useless tech support I finally got 24 grade 5/6 students on BBO in their computer lab.

When I arrived, they were already in and the teacher ran up to me and said "I finally got it working and it's AWESOME!"

They had all clicked on "Help me Find a Game" and parachuted into the Main Bridge Club. One little gal called me over and asked "What does that gold star mean?", looked at her 2 count, said "never mind" and left the table.

Sorry Massimo.

[diana_eva]

I tried to show BBO to my son last year (he was about 7 yo). He's a good gamer, so i thought he will enjoy playing with the robots.

I seated him at a table and invited him to press the "Robot" button to fill in the empty seats. He clicked on the seat opposite to him and asked me how to play next. I told him to click on east and west too, because he needs opps but he protested "Let me beat this one first - remember i am still a novice!"

[BunnyGo]

diana_eva, on 2011-June-19, 16:05, said:

I tried to show BBO to my son last year (he was about 7 yo). He's a good gamer, so i thought he will enjoy playing with the robots.

I seated him at a table and invited him to press the "Robot" button to fill in the empty seats. He clicked on the seat opposite to him and asked me how to play next. I told him to click on east and west too, because he needs opps but he protested "Let me beat this one first - remember i am still a novice!"

He already understood the idea of a CHO.

[diana_eva]

We'll try again this year