[quangio]

> There is no question that half of the students in that grade 11 class could pass the Google interview process.

I am quite sure this is not an average case. He likely visited a high school olympiad team. Tbh, CS in Vietnam educational system is still treated like "third class citizen."

(I am Vietnamese, went to a gifted high school and had exposure with competitive programming)

[nangtrongvuon]

I'm Vietnamese too and what he (the author) wrote here in this blog post seems very much the exception rather than the norm.

He most likely visited an Olympiad team, where they solve problems like these to compete. Most other schools, such as the ones I went to, had IT/CS as a side class (meaning they don't get that much attention from both students and teachers alike) rather than a main class (think Math, English, Vietnamese etc).

[coconut_crab]

My friend is a highschool teacher and he is teaching 12 years old kids how to program with Scratch, playing with Arduino and Minecraft. And his school is just a normal school in a small town. AFAIK they are pushing IT and English to be most important subjects in school, a lot of schools I know are recruiting IT teachers. I am amazed at what 12 years old kids can do when they put their minds into it.

Some pictures from the school: https://imgur.com/a/yaeGDCo