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American Schools Teaching Kids To Code All Wrong (qz.com)
theodp writes: Over at Quartz, Globaloria CEO Idit Harel argues that American schools are teaching our kids how to code all wrong. She writes, "The light and fluffy version of computer science -- which is proliferating as a superficial response to the increased need for coders in the workplace -- is a phenomenon I refer to as 'pop computing.' While calling all policy makers and education leaders to consider 'computer science education for all' is a good thing, the coding culture promoted by Code.org and its library of movie-branded coding apps provide quick experiences of drag-and-drop code entertainment. This accessible attraction can be catchy, it may not lead to harder projects that deepen understanding." You mean the "first President to write a line of computer code" may not have progressed much beyond moving Disney Princess Elsa forward? Harel says there must be a distinction drawn between "coding tutorials" and learning "computer science." Building an app, for example, can't be done in a couple of hours, it "requires multi-dimensional learning contexts, pathways and projects." "Just as would-be musicians become proficient by listening, improvising and composing, and not just by playing other people's compositions, so would-be programmers become proficient by designing prototypes and models that work for solving real problems, doing critical thinking and analysis, and creative collaboration -- none of which can be accomplished in one hour of coding," she writes.
You see, when her parents died, she inherited the kingdom, encapsulated herself in her room, and figured out how to get her powers to act differently depending on the type of situation she encountered. The MakeIce() function call no longer just caused death and destruction, it could also be fun or helpful depending on the object being enacted upon.
Anthropic principle: We see the universe the way it is because if it were different we would not be here to see it.
Prude... If anything she's a freak. She probably masturbated incessantly for years in that room. She didn't have a computer, TV, of games to keep her occupied. There wasn't even any books if I recall. It would have been her only form of entertainment. Then when she gets out, the first thing she does is slut up her outfit with that long slit up the leg. The giant ice monster probably had all those spikes because he was her snow version of some kind of multi-penis hentia sex slave. She probably has a back room in that castle full of giant ice dildos.