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> don’t understand why it isn’t taught to kids instead of scratch. Because there is no such thing as a syntax error in scratch. 10 year olds are not great at
by jay_kyburz 3y ago
> don’t understand why it isn’t taught to kids instead of scratch.
Because there is no such thing as a syntax error in scratch. 10 year olds are not great at typing, spelling, or paying attention to the small details.
Scratch rules out a whole class of bugs and allows the kids to jump right into solving the interesting problems.
- jonplackett 3y agoI think we’re making things much too easy. Kids like challenges. my 6 year old can spell plenty of words. A 9 year old can definitely memorise PRINT, GOTO, INPUT and SLEEP.
- jay_kyburz 3y agoThe problems they solve sure aren't easy. I myself found it challenging to build a robust platformer character with wall jumping and enemy collisions and things. Zac and I both had quite different solutions, and Zac did some further research on youtube for a much better solution that both of us had.