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From: scott@gitpyr.UUCP (Scott Holt)
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Subject: Re: Should Computer Science be taught at the High School level?
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Date: Wed, 26-Dec-84 15:08:23 EST
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>                                  However, like driver ed, "computer ed"
> should be available to those who want to learn it.  In high school, it should
> be taught strictly as programming, either in the business department or
> in industrial arts, for people who do not plan to go on to college.  In 
> college, a more general "computer literacy" course may be offered, but
> certainly not required.
>
    Mabey it need not be taught at the highschool level, but I think computer
 literacy ( that is, enough knowlege to wipe away the anxiety associated with
 non computer types using computers ) should be a prerequisite to programming.
 I work in a user assistance office at my school and one of the biggest      
 problems I see first time programmers having to deal with is fear of the   
 the computer. Most of these people are freshman and in an non computer major.
    Perhaps a course in technology and modern society should be required of all
 students. Such a course would help wipe away many of the fears many people
 have about our increasingly technologicly oriented society.

                            - Scott Holt
 
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