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Re:Why should children program? A review of Seymour Papert's... by Swizec on Saturday August 27, 2016 @01:25PM (#12373257)
Well when I was 13 I was creating video games and faux operating systems in Turbo Pascal. And I was also drawing and building model planes and thinking about how to best get girls' phone numbers on IRC then never dare call them.

It's not about not having computers, it's about how you use them.

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Re:Why should children program? A review of Seymour Papert's... by unusximmortalis on Sunday August 28, 2016 @03:12AM (#12375625)
I totally agree with this. Schools should train our kids for real life, slowly and gradually. It much more important how tools are used than what tools are used for training purposes. Later when they specialise then what tools are used will matter.
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