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An After-School Program Teaches Teens Java and Python
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this post was submitted on 25 Nov 2023
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Kids in Asia are way ahead of that. Some countries have had programming on their curriculum for more than a decade
I had programming (Pascal) in school in a random-ass country in Europe 20 years ago (I was like 14).
This has been widespread all over the world for a long time.
At 14 I could barely get a for loop and if statement working properly. Pascal then VB for me, once a week for 2 years. Only really started programming in uni. Some Asian countries start in primary school at as early as 3 years old. It's as important as languages to them. By 14 they're already doing robotics and writing social media clones.
We are quite far behind in the west.