Trade schools are a great place to learn about modern computing if it's needed for your job. I try to focus my children on whatever their interests are at home.

Trade schools are a great place to learn about modern computing if it's needed for your job. I try to focus my children on whatever their interests are at home. I expect their school to focus them on various general subjects. In fact, I would argue that children have more to learn on a commodore 64 system than a modern PC. First, it's still a cool piece of tech. Second, it throws you right at an interpreter where you can learn basic computer commands that nearly all PCs share. Thirdly, it isn't going to take up an entire class day to get it operational. What do kids need to learn on modern systems? How to use office? That can be learned at a trade school or on the job. Teach them how to read a manual and computer fundamentals. Computer fundamentals might include a semester on how to use a mouse and how a computer works, not how to use Google Drive.