I don't necessarily object to high schoolers substituting foreign languages for computer science, but if you don't think of foreign languages as a strict requir

I don't necessarily object to high schoolers substituting foreign languages for computer science, but if you don't think of foreign languages as a strict requirement, you should allow other substitutions, like art or music classes. Doing this way makes them seem either clueless (programming and foreign languages serve different educational goals) or disingenuous.