A noticeable characteristic
One of the most noticeable characteristics of my software build visits is the number of mothers I meet who are looking after very young children. This is coupled with the number of people who answer my phone calls who are unconfident in speaking English. The two observations are not necessarily related. They are however both interesting and require further investigation.
Is this part of the European statistics that give Birmingham the youngest age profile in Europe?
There are many mothers who want to find out what is happening. They look at you installing the software for the full 25 minutes and you know that they are fascinated by what is going on.
I am excited by the potential of what we are doing. Parents are exciited by the interaction of their families with ICT. In a few it is unconditional. In most it is conditional on the safety that we offer and I am pleased that we can cope with this.
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