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ploxiln on Sept 16, 2015 | parent | context | favorite | on: New York Mayor De Blasio to Require Computer Scien...

By that logic, they shouldn't teach math or english either.

(EDIT: maybe just math is the really good example here)

monort on Sept 16, 2015 | [–]

If you think it's important to teach math to uninterested pupil, take a look at the results of PIAAC adult skills survey:

https://static1.squarespace.com/static/51bb74b8e4b0139570ddf...

calibraxis on Sept 16, 2015 | [–]

Yeah, people end up hating Shakespeare and polynomials.

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