Ender,

We'll likley have to agree to disagree. The principle of using a specific case as cited in your example of the comm guru to a general population of teenagers doesn't hold up logically.

My experience is that the guru's entering my classes have "silo's" of information that can be applied. They don't have the broad foundation of knowledge needed to operate across multiple operating systems, network topoologies/architectures, or enviroments.

On average I have about 80 vetted, motivated, cream of the crop students in information assurance and security topics a semester. Of those about three are truly uber geeks, and of that there is maybe one who has a good understanding of cyber warfare. The mental change from citizen to warrior is still needed to have the mental "bend" to use a tool for whacking people. This semesters future god of war is a former Army Sgt mother of a couple rug rats who is going to be a force to be reckoned with.