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Australia's Prime Minister Doesn't Get Why Kids Should Learn To Code

Posted by samzenpus on from the seeing-the-forest-for-the-trees dept.

New submitter Gob Gob writes: The Prime Minister of Australia has come out and ridiculed an opposition policy aimed at teaching kids to code. In response to the leader of the Labor Party's question about whether he would commit to supporting Labor's push to have coding taught in every primary school in Australia, the Prime Minister said: "He said that he wants primary school kids to be taught coding so they can get the jobs of the future. Does he want to send them all out to work at the age of 11? Is that what he wants to do? Seriously?"

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  1. Re:No kid should be forced to code ... by larwe · · Score: 2, Interesting

    Not sure if your comment is trolling, sarcasm, or just too deep for the average bear to understand. My first paid programming assignment was at the age of 10. And, it was in Australia. (Admittedly, it was just writing and modifying some bullshit educational software on the Apple II, but hey, it was software that other people used, and I was paid for it).

  2. Re:I'm sure /. will ridicule it, but... by Kartu · · Score: 3, Interesting

    While computers are fundamental, programming them is not.