When I was in high school in the 70s I got to attend a week of programming classes at U Waterloo. I had never programmed before. My first programming language was APL. We sat for hours in front of IBM typewriters with strange symbols, trying to write simple programs. The noise from a roomfull of typewriters still rang in my ears at night.

I didn't learn much, sadly, but it sure piqued my interest in programming.

APL is a great language, but it shouldn't be the first one you meet.