I was taught programming by a teacher who stood in the back of the class and asked us to give her instructions to get to the front of the class. She placed chai

I was taught programming by a teacher who stood in the back of the class and asked us to give her instructions to get to the front of the class. She placed chairs in certain rows to make it difficult for us. She also said we had to give her one instruction at a time(turn left, take one step forward, turn right, take one step forward). I think we need more of this, more exposure in the grade-years (elementary). We are losing a lot of talent due to the late offer of programming. By that time, other interests have materialized. I think the main problem we have is that we are not teaching critical thinking skills. I am 46yo and just recently I came across the bomber problem of WWII. (you know, bomber comes in with lots of bullet holes, first thought process was to reinforce the areas with the visible bullet holes, until one genius says, "wait, these planes came in, they made it back, perhaps the others who didn't make it back, where shot in the other areas, so lets' reinforce the other areas). We need to compile stories like this one and expose elementary students to these stories, this is how we engender critical thinking. It's 2022, how difficult would it be to search for and compile these anectdotes? Trivial right??