My school has had a C++ program for the past 2 years and while i am not in it i have several friends who are, and all of them do well in it. Why? Because they are nerds, and most people that want to learn programing are nerds.
This class would have a huge amount of people failing it if it were a requiered course, the majority of the school dosen't care about programing. Thanks to requirements to take the class and the few (around 40) kids who want to take the class they can take on any type of programing.
This also seems to lead to another point, if he is planning to teach all kids how to program I think that is a mistake, while i advocate bringing out programing into the mainstream this is not the way to do it. Programing appeals to the minority of people that are inventors/builders that want to make something that other people like them enjoy. And trust me, they will come to you, you don't have to go looking for them.
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