I remember a talk from a Michigan State professor at one Pycon a ways back that taught Python for their intro to CS. What I remember is that for the first time

I remember a talk from a Michigan State professor at one Pycon a ways back that taught Python for their intro to CS. What I remember is that for the first time ever, he had people call him after the class and wanted to switch majors. I think Scheme is awesome as long as it's not your first language, but I think if Scheme is your first introduction to CS particularly in college, it can be pretty brutal depending upon the instructor. I think a lot of higher learning institutions were trying to copy MIT's use of SICP for their intro courses.