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flyingfysh

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7. No

Mon Oct 21, 2019, 10:32 PM

Oct 2019

Math and computer programming are not the same at all. High schools can't teach enough for someone to be useful as a programmer. That takes a lot of work and self-study. And the field changes much too fast.

It is important to understand what a theorem is, but theorems do not appear in practical programming.

U would also object to allowing a computer course to count as a foreign language.

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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