[ergothus]

I do a little teaching on the side. My primary objection to common (can't say if it is traditional) programming instruction is not theory vs practice, it is "of what"

Most of my time coding is spent pouring through code that i didnt write (at least not recently), building the design in my mind, finding the spot to change, and then making that change.

In contrast, most school coding assignments are write-from-scratch one-offs, usually involving only one students' code.