[kamaal]

>>It's a bit weird and doesn't teach lessons outside of the book material.

Actually introducing some of these concepts in an abstract sense can help the kid appreciate subject at hand, and initiate them into more serious study.

Imagine telling a kid they could use a bunch of their friends and using map-reduce to count all the dogs in a park(send each to a section in the park, ask them to count the dogs[map], add all them at the end[reduce]).

Many of these concepts can get kids excited about STEM which is good!

[sfpotter]

Why is it good to get kids excited about STEM?

[kamaal]

Well for a lot of reason. Firstly they pay better. Secondly, we want more and more kids especially women and marginalised communities to participate more in STEM. Giving them early exposure to things helps.

Also STEM education in general contains useful life skills to have. Having working knowledge of Math, and being able to reason rationally in general can help you in financial things later in life.

We aspire to have a populace with scientific temper.