Problem, rigid programming problem in school will not develop a love in programming. When I was in school the problems given to me by the teachers were boring,

Problem, rigid programming problem in school will not develop a love in programming. When I was in school the problems given to me by the teachers were boring, more important if you solved the problem with methods they did not understand/teach you got reduced marks. At home I would write simple orbit simulation (with graphics) on my PET computer, voice pattern, 3D graphics with rotations and even a very simple AI program. What did I get at school? Add a bunch of numbers or draw simple graphics. Worse, for the girls I am willing to bet there were things they would be interested in trying to program on the computers but their interests were never covered by the school's type of courses.