[MarcScott]

I've taught kids to make line-following robots, with very little code. They are slow, don't handle crossing lines very well, and can often just flip out and do their own thing.

I'm not teaching the kids to compete in line-following competitions with robots that can run a course in seconds though. I'm not teaching them to handle multiple crossovers in their code.

What I am doing is developing a passion for robotics and programming, and hoping that a handfull go on from there. If they are inspired, they can ditch the simple APIs and move on to the more complex and powerfull stuff.