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I admire the sentiment but I have to believe that at any scale someone qualified to teach CS would be doing something a bit more lucrative than teaching public
by nemo44x 11y ago
I admire the sentiment but I have to believe that at any scale someone qualified to teach CS would be doing something a bit more lucrative than teaching public school. Altruism is a beautiful thing, and something I wish I had more of, but let's face it: it's easier to demand this than to actually deliver it.
I imagine that when our industry has the next culling, public interest in CS will wane as usual until the next revolution is quickly unleashed by software fueled technology.
- cm2187 11y agoTo me it is less about teaching computer science than teaching computer literacy. You learned physics or history in high school but that wasn't to make you a scientist or an historian.
- iLoch 11y agoI agree, also a big benefit of having CS in schools is just in getting kids exposed to it. Would be nice if they named it something a little more friendly too, as I'm sure Conputer Science scares some people off.
- gharbad 11y agoIt would be great if we had more people like Woz in the world. Though he didn't teach in public schools until after making truckloads of cash.