Almost everyone in the US knows how to read, but only a small percentage are actually great writers and most people are downright terrible at it. The same goes

Almost everyone in the US knows how to read, but only a small percentage are actually great writers and most people are downright terrible at it. The same goes for programming. It should become a prerequisite at schools because software is indeed "eating the world" but only a small percentage of people who learn how to program will ever become highly competent programmers.