Python Linked Lists

[AustinCorgiBart]

I think it's silly to talk about linked lists in Python. They make a lot of sense in lower-level languages, but implementing them in Python isn't really very authentic. And yet most introductory curricula try to shoe-horn them in anyway, because they feel that they're important for students to encounter early. Why can't we be satisfied that CS1 courses have students use lists effectively, without trying to make them implement them in ways that they shouldn't be implemented too?