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i feel like CS is lightyears ahead of where it was when I was in school. My son learned Python and Java in HS, something I would only have dreamed of when I was
by behringer 7y ago
i feel like CS is lightyears ahead of where it was when I was in school. My son learned Python and Java in HS, something I would only have dreamed of when I was his age. Instead I got to learn MS Office.
- jrochkind1 7y agoA) On the other hand, in middle school in the 80s, I learned Commodore 64 BASIC. (and my DAD learned BASIC because when you bought an Apple IIe, the manual suggested that learning BASIC was how you learned how to use the Apple IIe, and included a tutorial, so my Dad just followed it. I think programming has become a lot less common as a 'basic computer skill', not more). B) I think you are confusing CS with programming/software engineering. They are related, but the "CS" class the post you are responding to suggested with nothing but a chalkboard would not have it's students ready for a job getting paid programming. (I don't mean this as an insult to you). On the other hand, the class in which you were learning MS Office probably wasn't CS at all. A class involving Python and Java might get someone more ready for a job getting paid programming, but may or may not be a CS class, depending on... if it includes any CS.