Python is easier for students to learn. Learning something new is hard, and Python is easier for students to learn. Really, the ease of learning should trump

Python is easier for students to learn. Learning something new is hard, and Python is easier for students to learn. Really, the ease of learning should trump almost everything else. Especially since Python is actually used in the real world, so it's immediately applicable. You want students to know more concepts they won't get from just Python? I agree with you. Just not as a first language.