"You say you want a revolution? Well, you know, we all want to change the world." - The Beatles

Abstract:

The Cognitive Metaphors Filipino Web Internship program started in 2006 with one student. In 2009, I took on 5 students to continue to build out web communities that I am passionate about using the Drupal content management system. My overall motivation is to leverage my talents and eventually create opportunities for my fellow Filipinos and family back home in the town of Plaridel, Bulacan, Philippines. My grandfather, Emilio Garcia, once served as Mayor of Plaridel during the Japanese occupation in WWII, 1945.

The following is a cookbook that I hope others will follow to promote interest in Computer Science in the Philippines. Please feel free to adapt these ideas to the communities that you are most passionate about. Young people need many more opportunities to apply significant hours of supervised practice if they are to become proficient in this craft. Malcom Gladwell's Outliers claims you need 10,000 hours of practice to be really good in any endeavor you wish to master.

--Anthony