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> So since 2000 schools have been teaching students Microsoft skills (Adobe skills were introduced a little later). My most recent required computer class was
by DefineOutside 4y ago
> So since 2000 schools have been teaching students Microsoft skills (Adobe skills were introduced a little later).
My most recent required computer class was indeed learning how to use Microsoft Office in high school in 2016. That's it, all the computer education that students required. Even in middle school we were learning how to use office software. Insane that schools STILL just teach office software and not computing thanks to Microsoft's efforts.
I was hoping that schools would learn from these mistakes in the past, but we are only heading farther into the reality of locked down phones and console replacing desktops skills. General desktop skills seems much more important than learning how to use a word software.
- polishdude20 4y agoI had a class in post secondary school. It was mainly to teach excel and word, some PowerPoint. At the end, we spent maybe a month doing visual basic. Embarrassing .
- Larrikin 4y agoNot everyone needs to be a programmer, but pretty much any desk job benefits from knowing a basic office suite. Colleges even say don't list Microsoft office as a skill because it's table stakes at this point and makes it look like you're trying to fill space. Doesn't have to be Microsoft office, but pretty much all the other offerings are copies with small differences. Some people are adamant those differences meaningfully make them better, but regardless if you know the basics of office you can easily transition to any of the other offerings.
- mFixman 4y agoNot everyone needs to be a writer or a mathematician, but children still should learn the basics of literature and math to improve generic reasoning skills that can be transferred to the rest of their life. Programming is a skill just like any other, and learning it helps in everything.