Trying to Teach the BJs to become Self Sufficient

A while back BJ of the three BJs told me he would like to become a computer guy like his Uncle who works with computers.  So we got hold of an old computer and installed Linux on it.  Over the past few months we have posted the different sages involving his computer and that of his Brother's.  The latest post involved an update that had come down and broke Mint.  Soon after the same thing happened to his Brother's computer breaking Ubuntu.  BJ sent his computer out my way to be fixed which I did but the experienced the same bug after a clean install.  After installing again I did not encounter anymore problems so sent BJ his computer with a fresh install of Ubuntu 9.10.
BJ's Brother, JG, was still stuck with a broken install of Ubuntu on his computer.  I sent them both an e-mail telling them to reinstall Ubuntu on JG's machine.  After a few days I called to see how they had gotten on.
Me: "Did you get your computer fixed?"  JG: "No." Me: "Why not?"  JG: "BJ sat on the Ubuntu disk and broke it."  Me: "No problem just download Ubuntu and burn the file to a disk, I will send you the instructions."  JG: "OK."  I waited a few day to give them a chance to get the install done then I gave BJ a call.  The call went like this.  Me: "BJ, how did the install of Ubuntu go?"  BJ: "It didn't." Me: "Why? What is wrong?"  BJ: "To confusing."  Me: "What part?  BJ:  "All of it."  Me: I thought you wanted to become a computer guy like your Uncle."  BJ: "I do."  Me: "Well here is your chance to start learning.  You know how to read just follow the directions. You are smart enough to figure it out."  BJ: "I know." Me: "OK download Ubuntu on your laptop and may a CD."  BJ: "One problem."  Me:  "What's that?"  BJ: "I forgot my password."  Me: "Oh did you change it?"  BJ: "JG was getting on it and I did not want him to...."  Me:  "Well now you have to computers to fix.  Use your Dad's Windows computer and my yourself a Ubuntu disk."  BJ: "OK."
We hope to have a report from him in the next little while with the news of a successful install.  If not they will be the owners of two computer shaped paper weights.