[dsp1234]

I did my first programming with pencil and paper, and I'm still engaged 30+ years later

[vvanders]

We're talking about high school here though. Seems to me it would be like running a chemistry class without doing any lab work.

[blt]

I agree. One of the most magic moments when you start programming is when you write your first program that does a truly significant amount of work. You run it, you're still kind of on human time scale and think it's going to take a few seconds, but it finishes instantly. That was the moment that really hooked me into programming.

[rondsquare]

Not trying to be argumentative or anything, but that's how chemistry is taught in 3rd world countries. Labs are a luxury :)

[vvanders]

Eh fair, although RPi Zeros are pretty cheap these days :).

[lfowles]

And rural America :)