Front-loading the mainstream language means you're not just teaching CS fundamentals, you're giving someone a tool that they can readily pick up and use in thei

Front-loading the mainstream language means you're not just teaching CS fundamentals, you're giving someone a tool that they can readily pick up and use in their real life for real tasks. It's the same as having home maintenance as a component of your basic high school shop class basic programming should be taught in high school too.