[bitshiftfaced]

When I was a kid, we were flying somewhere for a family trip. I remember seeing a man with a laptop with a screen full of code. I had never seen this in person before, and I watched with genuine interest. Much later in life, I found out that I loved coding. I love problem-solving and find programming to be very engaging.

I don't think we need to force every kid to learn to code. We ought to expose them to it, though. Kids who show interest ought to have a way to learn more.

[empressplay]

Right, and we're talking about degrees here, obviously. Mucking around with Scratch or Logo for a few hours is one thing, becoming proficient in Javascript is quite another.

There are solid arguments for learning the concepts behind coding. As for making every child learn Javascript, I wouldn't go that far :)