I definitely indoctrinate young kids in our local computer club into thinking that:
1. You can DO STUFF with computers!
2. You can build your own computers!
3. It's nice that one can use this stuff called open/free software, so why not share ours with the world as well?
I even go as far as giving the kids USB keys with Live Fedora. Teaches them to -- looks around, making sure nobody is listening in on us, then continues in a hushed voice -- boot from different media to break free of our corporate overlords!
I don't really feel any shame over this. Especially since their schools push Microsoft so hard.
this is an instant turn off. this phrase means that the "computer club" is really a political club that lures people through computers.
in my experiences those places are always driven by some kind of narcissistic psychopath that wants everybody to align to their view of the world.
i'd stay away from those places. the risk outweighs the benefits.