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zipplewrath

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5. No

Reply to TexasTowelie (Original post)

Mon Oct 21, 2019, 10:19 PM

Oct 2019

Look, I think some variation of computer science should be taught at the middle and high school level just like other divisions of science, not to mention the various "math" disciplines. But it is not "replacement" for the basic "math" studies at that level. I also object to CS courses being used to replace "foreign language" requirements.

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Florida schools: Computer science now counts as math credit - is this a good idea? [View all] TexasTowelie Oct 2019 OP

It is math, IMO. Laffy Kat Oct 2019 #1

Yea FirstLight Oct 2019 #6

Me, too! How a woman who flunked ninth-grade algebra... Laffy Kat Oct 2019 #9

Programming involves logic Midnightwalk Oct 2019 #13

haha FirstLight Oct 2019 #15

Haha i kept trying to stop Midnightwalk Oct 2019 #16

Yes zaj Oct 2019 #2

yes as long as it is true computer science DBoon Oct 2019 #3

yes, to be good at programming you have a lot of math involved. I think the idea is GREAT! nt napi21 Oct 2019 #4

No zipplewrath Oct 2019 #5

No flyingfysh Oct 2019 #7

Back in the dark ages, there were accounting firms who considered a music degree Hoyt Oct 2019 #8

Yes. And also as a foreign language credit. eom IllinoisBirdWatcher Oct 2019 #10

I know almost nothing about coding, PoindexterOglethorpe Oct 2019 #11

As long as cooking classes count as chemistry intrepidity Oct 2019 #12

as someone who has been programming for over 50 years now lapfog_1 Oct 2019 #14

I view the issue as an engineer. Blue_true Oct 2019 #18

Yes. Blue_true Oct 2019 #17