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A comment on I’m a Developer. I Won’t Teach My Kids to Code, and Neither Should You (2018). Parent comment

Re:I’m a Developer. I Won’t Teach My Kids to Code, and Neith... by _curious_ on Sunday June 07, 2020 @11:23AM (#23448002)
"I really hope we don’t add coding to the laundry list of rote skills that kids are evaluated on in school."

Why?

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Re:I’m a Developer. I Won’t Teach My Kids to Code, and Neith... by sebastialonso on Tuesday June 09, 2020 @01:26PM (#23468675)
Seriously.

> Sure, make it available for those who are interested, but let’s be honest—most kids will have little interest in coding, and forcing them to learn it anyways will not provide any lasting benefit.

This could apply to mathematically skills also. Personally, I would never raise any kids under this ideology. It seems to foster ignorance and conformism.

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