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Focusing on Java may very well be shortsighted on the part of today's college-level technology educators, but it's what exists today. If you have a problem with
by jeffreymcmanus 16y ago
Focusing on Java may very well be shortsighted on the part of today's college-level technology educators, but it's what exists today. If you have a problem with that, you'd have to take your concerns up with the people who run the Computer Science AP exam (the College Board) and university CS departments.
We're not trying to overturn the ancien regime here, we're just trying to make something available for kids who may not have access to computer science education of any kind (which is the case at a vast number of US high schools). When questions on Scheme are added to the advanced placement exam in computer science, we'll cover that too.
- ynniv 16y agoSorry, I didn't identify you as the original poster. I appreciate any effort to help kids learn to program and be better prepared for college computer science. You are correct in saying that my irritation is with College Board and the average college computer science curriculum. I am being hard on the abstract high school computer curriculum. It's a lofty argument, and there isn't much that individuals can do to change it. HN is often the place that people shout into the bitvoid and expect people with similar opinions to echo back. This isn't particularly useful, but c'est la vie. In this case I started off with a snarky comment that probably would have been ignored except for the lack of other comments.
- jeffreymcmanus 16y agoAbsolutely not a problem, I understand and share your frustration. Our hope is that by providing a place where all kinds of people can teach and learn all kinds of things, we'll provide a useful compliment to the ossified curricula that most CS programs use today. Now we just need a Scheme course on CodeLesson!