1. Spring is here! Or is it? Finally, today after several days of raw, rainy weather the sun is out but it's windy and chilly. Not what I was hoping for on a nice warm spring day. Generally this spring has been terrible. More evidence supporting climate change.
2. I recently saw an article in some paper or magazine about a new push to teach coding in the public schools. It usually starts in middle school and goes into high school. Do you know what coding is? Basically it's what we used to call computer programing. The question that comes to mind to me is why are they teaching that? The defenders of coding instruction point out that kids can design their own video games. Also, teaching coding teaches logic. I think perhaps it's interesting as an extracurricular subject but to teach it as part of mainstream education is in my opinion silly. Are public schools in the business of training computer programmers? I shouldn't think so. We are not vocational schools. Teaching it as a hobby or after school activity is fine but let's not take up precious time during the school day to do this.
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