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Too bad we can't let people learn about things they're actually interested in. "You take programming class because its time to take programming class"; without
by h2odragon 3y ago
Too bad we can't let people learn about things they're actually interested in.
"You take programming class because its time to take programming class"; without any concern for "is the student interested in learning how to program?" is not going to have good results for anyone, is it? And yet that's how we've decided to teach most things.
- gorbachev 3y agoMost kids don't know what they're interested in. It's best to expose them to a lot of things and hopefully most of them will develop an idea what they like.
- melagonster 3y agoI know someone go to mathematics department because they like calculating trigonometric functions in first year.
- francisofascii 3y agoThey might not be interested until after they try it. I think an important part of education is to get exposure to a wide array of disciplines and then see what sticks.
- vel0city 3y agoMost high schools in my area have CS as an elective class. They can choose CS out of a lot of different classes such as music theory, extra social studies (additional histories, psychology, theory of knowledge, etc), various art classes (drawing, 2D art, 3D art, art history, etc), health sciences (human body systems, medical interventions, practicum in health science, higher level biology classes, etc) AP-level language classes, other engineering classes (aerospace, digital electronics, engineering design, etc), lots of music classes, agriculture, food science, debate, theatre, automotive, etc. One can easily get an accredited diploma without ever taking a computer science class. Many students like to take CS without having any interest in programming, as its often seen as the goof off class where you get to spend an hour every day playing videogames when the teacher isn't looking.