psst, rename high school computer science classes “video game design.” students create their own game, starting with story work. build to coding, contextually, for game design as needed. congrats, you now have a nation of engineers.
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My remark was meant as a comment on how many classrooms kill interest. Certainly true of my English classes, which tried valiantly to kill my love of reading. In general, I'm in favour of less "education", but am in favour of enabling enthusiastic children to do projects.
I'm pretty sure @micsolana had the latter model in mind. Done well, I'm sure it'd be terrific for many children (though perhaps not for some).
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This is partly what makes education debates tricky: my English teachers (in several cases with me, really they were writers largely unwillingly employed, out of necessity only) opened so many doors to understanding that I would likely never otherwise have found..
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Conversely my experiences at lobbying my school to bolster its CS side / offer anything in this regard suggest to me that there is a lot of potential to unlock and that ideas / attempts should be encouraged
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I do think it'd usually be a bad idea to make children make video games, and really could kill their interest. On the other hand, giving them the opportunity if they were enthusiastic - that I'd be in favour of. (How could I not: I gave myself RSI as a kid doing exactly that.)
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In the US model these classes are pretty much always elective
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