@patio11 should we teach them to do magic? Yes, yes we should.
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@tommyjensen We live in a world where Hogwarts exists w/ open admissions and yet somehow not the obvious choice for everyone. - 2 more replies
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Points in favor: It makes them better at everything.
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@patio11 I suspect we could build more powerful user interfaces for systems if we could assume all users could code.
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@patio11 Should we teach everyone to weld? Should we teach everyone to fly a plane? All 3 are stupid questions. -
@tamedtornado@patio11 Those are bad examples. Welding or flying a plane are no where near as crucial to our future as programming.
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@patio11 I prefer comparing it to, "should we teach everyone to write?" "Can read?" is "can effectively use a computer?", not "can code?". -
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@patio11 (D'oh, I should have read a few more tweets, I see now the example of teaching kids to code; sorry.)Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@patio11 my kids are all learning the basics (homeschool) like they learn math facts. Definitely not all going to choose to “be programmers”Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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