On Thu, 29 Jan 2015 09:09:20 +0000, Dave Liquorice wrote:

... (13) is interested in learning how to write code ...

Code to do what? Writing a game that is much above Pong or Breakout
takes a lot of effort. "Hello World" gets boring after a while. There
has to be an itch that needs to scratched.

Yep, that's my experience, too.

Unless you've actually got a problem that needs to be solved, or you're
some kind of wierdo who actually likes figuring code syntax out, you'll
never get beyond "Hello World". Which is why I never have.