[Theodores]

It bothers me that jQuery is in the mix. That has to be unlearned, it is a layer of abstraction that really is not needed. A decade ago jQuery was great but I am increasingly finding Stack Overflow answers of the 'in jQuery...' type being answered with a polite 'yes but no thanks, I want to do it in javascript'.

What does bother me is the lack of education regarding the HTML elements. How often have I seen anyone with a MDN page reference for an element? That never happens! Yet it is the dictionary and there aren't a lot of elements to remember unless you are trying to draw SVG shapes with masks, arrow heads on them and fancy fills.

Is there a good place to get a good idea of what is being taught to students these days? I am sure that the basic HTML elements are being skipped over and I would not mind confirming that.