I'm sorry but this is absolutely ridiculous. I sometimes teach programming to uni students, we make toy software like paint programs with a GUI in Java, network

I'm sorry but this is absolutely ridiculous. I sometimes teach programming to uni students, we make toy software like paint programs with a GUI in Java, networked game in C, that kind of thing. I always have a good proportion of the class coming up with many patterns entirely on their own without any prior exposure, and I love their looks when I show them that the nebulous concept they came up with actually has a name and is well defined (and the best solution to the problems they encounter given the tools they have).