Here are a few points I think should be taught in high school : - What a file and a file system are - How text, image, video, sound and other kind of data is

Here are a few points I think should be taught in high school : - What a file and a file system are - How text, image, video, sound and other kind of data is encoded and stored on computers - What a database is, and how is real-world information modeled and structured inside a database - What a network protocol is. - What HTTP and HTTPS are in particular. - What the web is. - What a web browser is and what are the principles behind how it works. - What encryption is and what are the broad mathematical principles behind it. - What a computer program and an operating system are, and how they work. - What a programming language is. - What machine learning is, what it can and cannot do (not sure about this one...) I having a firm grasp of these concepts would allow pupils to understand better the world they live in, give them better opportunities later, and make them more immune to modern-day hucksters.