This comment is unironically based LOL. It's a very cynical take, but I do agree that coding and programming doesn't need to be universal, and any attempt to do

This comment is unironically based LOL. It's a very cynical take, but I do agree that coding and programming doesn't need to be universal, and any attempt to do so has failed. There is/was this strange wave of every educator demanding programming be taught to middle schoolers and high schoolers. It never turned out great - at best, they were taught very basic Scratch that helped them develop their problem solving skills vs. their programming skills. Computer literacy is far more important, and is completely decoupled from coding. Instead of coding, every student should be taught how the internet genuinely functions, how digital privacy works and more. Knowing how a for loop works doesn't help with any of that.