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by asdff 1357 days ago
I would argue its an even bigger missed opportunity not replacing calculus with programming classes focused on using a cli and writing scripts to do work with the computer. Like it or not people get by fine in life with abstractions of more complicated things, but I think having knowledge of programming is akin to learning to read in terms of the potential it can unlock that can be relevant to every career there is. If programming became widely mandated into the curriculum, we would probably see a lot more interesting technologies and applications of existing technologies emerge in the coming decades in places you wouldn't even expect, than if we pressed forward with forcing calc down everyone's throat in high school and making them hate math for life.