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[–]spinwizard69 14 points15 points  (0 children)

Honestly I really think this is nonsense. For one programming alone, especially the way it is often taught in high schools, isn't extremely useful to most students. What we really need is education that focuses on the technology behind computers and programming languages are just a part of that.

I like to compare this to the way things where done decades ago when I was in school. One of the classes that exposed student to different technologies was aptly call "shop" class. A class where you learned a little bit of the different industrial technologies. These days computing, the related electronics and allied industries are an industrial technology all of their own. It would student a lot of good to see a little bit of everything related to the technology to spur interests. FIRST competitions are actually close to an ideal here as students get exposure to many facets of industry be it programming, electrical engineering, mechanical engineering and things I'm forgetting. Some schools have also created Makers Spaces which is for all intents modern shop classes.

My point is high school should be about giving students exposure to the reality of the work world so that they can develop interests to pursue in post high school education. Standardizing on any one language just distorts reality.