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I think adult can do whatever they want. But every kid should be given the chance and opportunity to learn coding, and it should not be mandatory.
by hanief 10y ago
I think adult can do whatever they want. But every kid should be given the chance and opportunity to learn coding, and it should not be mandatory.
- Nursie 10y agoWhy not mandatory? Lots of other core, useful skills are.
- hanief 10y agoBecause I believe it is not an essential surviving skill for everyone (at least for now).
- Nursie 10y agoNeither is literature, nor languages, nor history, nor geography, nor mathematics over simple addition and subtraction. But we teach these to kids so that they have a greater chance of understanding the world around them.
- hanief 10y agoFair point. But what subject should we replace from the current curriculum? Adding another subject seems like another burden for students.
- rustynails 10y agoYou have hit the nail right on the head. Everybody + opportunity + non-mandatory. This concept of equal opportunity seems to have disappeared in the last 5 years and I'm heartened to see people still talk about equal opportunity (vs the fallacy of equality), even if the media doesn't discuss opportunity anymore. I was a kid who was writing assembly at about 10 years old because I loved it. I saved up to buy my own computer by delivering newspapers for 2 years. I learned to program by trial and error. I introduced my kids to programming but never pushed it. They have not embraced programming like my wife and I did when we were kids. I would not want programming mandated for my kids, despite my own passion for programming. A comfort using computers to do research, word processing, calculation and create basic posters/articles/projects/videos would be very beneficial and may be better a better mandate than programming.