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From: rcb@rti-sel.UUCP (Randy Buckland)
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Subject: Re: Should Computer Science be taught at the High School level?
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Date: Mon, 17-Dec-84 21:50:43 EST
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Teaching CS in HS is fine and should be encouraged. But why stop there?
I personally learned how to program in BASIC in 7th grade. It was an
experimental program in teaching CS. I have not stopped since. Actually,
I see no reason not to teach children to use computers as soon as they
can read. Anybody vote for 2nd grade. That's a good reading level to start.
Teach something like LOGO. It is simple, it teaches logical thinking, and
it is fun to draw pictures and will hold a childs interest.

					Randy Buckland
					Research Triangle Institute
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