When I went to university in the 90's, Scheme was used in a couple of early courses. I had already learned C and Java on my own, but greatly enjoyed how Scheme

When I went to university in the 90's, Scheme was used in a couple of early courses. I had already learned C and Java on my own, but greatly enjoyed how Scheme made me think about problems differently. (I didn't learn Python until much later when I was out of school.) As long as students are exposed to multiple languages, I think starting w/Python is fine. Every language has its issues.