> As a musician and a scientist, I wonder if music and art are better analogies than science? And what if we had the luxury to teach some things in school just because they're interesting and fun? Isn't that why most of us learned programming?

I agree that Computer Science is not a science. It does contain elements of science, but on the whole it is an inter-disciplinary subject.

Rather than compare programming to music or art, I would compare it to craft. The difference being that programming is mostly done with a practical end-use in mind. It's more like being a stone mason or a goldsmith.