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The 'fun-nification' of computer education – good idea?

Terry 6 Silver badge

Woodwork

I have a deep suspicion that Coding isn't the New Latin. But rather the New Woodwork. In effect, teaching kids to do jobs.

When I was at school we all had to learn to make dovetails and fasten stupid bits of wood to together. I don't think many of us were wanting to be joiners, and some of us were turned completely off the idea of any kind of skilled work by this dreadful tedium.

Latin was for the remaining grammar schools, where they expected kids to go to posh universities.

Coding is the 21st Century version of getting kids to so something at school that will be useful - because education is wasted on the working classes.

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