Because it's useful to know. If you wait until college to learn it then you miss out on years of use. Having kids get experience with it early on opens their op

Because it's useful to know. If you wait until college to learn it then you miss out on years of use. Having kids get experience with it early on opens their options too. It makes it a less daunting career option. I wish I had exposure earlier on. If I did then I definitely would have gone for CS rather than mechanical engineering.