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Farmers have to load cracked Ukrainian firmware on their tractors these days so that should be obvious.

I was taught how to draw, basic gardening and the concepts of agriculture, and construction through various educational programs. It was all public and paid mostly by taxes. This was in a middling suburb of America, and I think if we have a holistic education for our children like I received then coding should be there - it would have served better than the mindless "computer concepts" and typing courses I endured as a child.

That said, a plurality of students in my high school learned some code through their mathematics education. It's already there.

And regardless, code is just a shared language for problem solving. Everyone should learn that, and I think it's better than rote memorization of formula in math class that is paraded as critical thinking.




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