I think teaching them half-assed like this is even worse than not teaching them at all. Students' initial impressions are that version control is a waste of tim

I think teaching them half-assed like this is even worse than not teaching them at all. Students' initial impressions are that version control is a waste of time and that testing is pointless busywork, best done at the end. It seems like those attitudes can persist well into many working programmers' careers.