RobinCrusader

I personally started with C# because it allowed me to understand a lot of programming concepts before hand. It also made it easy for me to learn less complicated languages quicker, but Python and Web Based Languages (HTML, CSS, etc.) are easy to start out with also

If you want to expand on some more creative stuff, you can code C# with XNA and make some lightweight games

I'd use nr.2 just because I feel like its cleaner and I OCD over it a bit if its like nr. 1

With the exception with web based programming, my school doesn't have any programming courses. I originally learned by starting with simple stuff and figuring out how it worked then move from there with occasional tips from others. A good way to learn a new langauge or part of a language is taking a project or idea you want to make then find similar things people have coded then use that a base of ground to start your idea. For example over the summer, I wanted to make a web based UI to access and watch all my downloaded movies and shows without really knowing any web based languages. So I just started simple and with the basics then went from there. After about two months I ended up with a nice working UI as such. So it's really just find something to make as you learn because you'll be more enthusiastic about it, get something out of it, and have a better understanding of what you're doing.

Hi, I'm new so yea. I'm in Highschool for a few more months and I mostly work with C# and XNA, HTML, and a little python. So yea. Nice to meet you all.

I volunteer as a student tech at my school so I've had a lot of time to test some things out that might help you guys. The easiest thing that I've gotten to work was to use teamviewer and its VPN feature with Firefox. I would have teamviewer installed and running on both my home and school pc (which you can use the one time installation on your school pcs). I would then VPN from my school to home pc. I would then use the VPN information and set it into Firefox. That worked until one of the other student techs physically showed the District IT guys how it worked. Then it got blocked. Another method that worked was if your home IP or a server you have access to has an unblocked IP on the school network, use OpenVPN. This one takes a lot more tinkering which requires you to set up OpenVPN as a host on your home machine or server then connect it with a client set up on your School PC. This final method which is one I'm currently testing and working on which has a lot more variables in it. This is more or less if you are in the tech department and have a lot of leniency to do stuff around your school. What you would need is an open internet connection relatively close to the school (There's an Xfinity Connect signal that can be reached from the edge of my school), a router with dd-wrt (we have some extra lying around, but you can pick them up for dirt cheap at a thrift shop), and a wireless adapter. So what you do is go around your school with a phone or laptop looking for an open connection. When you find one set up the dd-wrt router in a classroom or closet that touches the signal. Set the router to work as a repeater so then it extends the connection into your school. Go to the computer you're going to use and connect the wireless adapter to it if there isn't wireless on it already. Connect to the wireless signal, and you're off to the races. These are just a few of the things I've tried.

The way they do it at my school at least is when they see the encrypted packets going through their network, they track it back to the certain pc that's sending those packets using its Asset Tag. They'll usually then just complain to the Tech at the school to go find who's using that machine. Sums it up