About 10 years ago, I took a Computer Science AB AP class my sophomore year in high school. It was all in Java. Man, that was head-slammingly difficult for an

About 10 years ago, I took a Computer Science AB AP class my sophomore year in high school. It was all in Java. Man, that was head-slammingly difficult for an intro course. The prereqs said only a knowledge of Algebra was required. But it took a lot of time to get used to. The only kids who did well were the ones who had already been programming for a couple years. I didn't even know how to do command-line prompts in windows. I remembered a few things back when I had to use MSDOS to fire up games, but that was about it. That all being said, I sincerely believe everyone should learn how to program. And I furthermore sincerely believe the public school system should stay as far away as possible from trying to impose a model for a one-size-fits-none way to do so.