-This book would not exist without the folks who accompanied me on my journey, both as instructors and as colleagues. My thanks to all of my instructors in school for trying their best to teach me programming in it various forms. I am also indebted to all of my colleagues over the years who shared their knowledge with me and trusted me enough to help them along the way. I am also blessed to have many communities that help sustain me, including the [Michigan!/usr/group](http://mug.org), [PyOhio](http://pyohio.org), Coffee House Coders, and the Ubuntu Michigan Loco. Also to those who don't fit in these neat categories; know that if we spent any time discussing programming or other matters that our discussions are deeply appreciated.
+This book would not exist without the folks who accompanied me on my journey, both as instructors and as colleagues. My thanks and appreciation to all of my instructors in my formative years for giving me their best efforts to teach me programming in its various forms. I am indebted to all of my colleagues and programming friends over the years who shared their knowledge with me and trusted me enough to help them along the way. I am also blessed to have many communities that help sustain me, including the [Michigan!/usr/group][1], [PyOhio][2], [Coffee House Coders][3], and the [Ubuntu Michigan Loco][4]. Also to those who don't fit in these neat categories; know that if we spent any time discussing programming or other matters that our discussions are deeply appreciated.