The author's main point is well-stated and deplorable. As for the ancillary issue of the class material itself being crap: yeah, duh. And it's not just compute

The author's main point is well-stated and deplorable. As for the ancillary issue of the class material itself being crap: yeah, duh. And it's not just computer programming. You only notice how bad that class is because you have relevant expertise. It's a safe bet that the other courses are similarly terrible. Send a biologist or physicist or mathematician or historian to observe a randomly selected high school class and they will find that their subjects too are being taught by people without the slightest appreciation or aptitude.