I learned doing ACSL exercises on paper starting in middle school. We had excercices for things like Boolean algebra, graph theory, base conversion ect. As well

I learned doing ACSL exercises on paper starting in middle school. We had excercices for things like Boolean algebra, graph theory, base conversion ect. As well as 5 hacker rank style programming questions throughout the semester, in addition to our more regular CS coursework. Teacher made us keep an organized notebook with printouts of all our excercices/tests ect. Thought it was rediculous and old school but wasn't even 5 years before I looked back with gratitude. Learned the fundamentals needed to get me through 2/300 level courses at college. The teacher was amazing and in large part the reason I'm remotely successful today. There were 13 - 20 kids each year that took more then the intro courses. He would always treat us like family, and would do things like have us all meet after school once a year in fancy clothing for a "mock" fancy meal. It was so he could teach us (some autistic) how to be proper at a dinner and which fork is used for what. He taught us how to be skilled programmers and also people. Random middle of nowhere public high school in PA, very grateful. The teacher was deathly terrified of birds tho.