""Why do people insist on foisting "software literacy" on the general populace?"" Because under all that complication, there is a big secret, and that secret i

""Why do people insist on foisting "software literacy" on the general populace?"" Because under all that complication, there is a big secret, and that secret is that anything you can describe to another human being, you can describe to a computer. So what if, instead of not just learning to balance the books, teenagers are required to write a small accounting package to do it? Shouldn't competent literacy include the most significant literal tool the human race has ever created, the computer and the skills of its application, if after all, we've gotten as far as teaching kids to read and write, as well?