While I agree with you, I also agree with basedbagel. It's true that some people just don't get things and coding is one of those things, but it's also true we shouldn't tell people they can't do things and that they're too hard to learn.
Same goes for all the stuff you mentioned. "Oh, I can't learn machining, I can't learn weaving, I can't learn car engines, it's too hard" but in reality they're all things people can learn and do learn every day.
I never clicked with playing musical instruments. It just never worked for me. That doesn't mean it's hard and people shouldn't try, it just means I couldn't get it. People still should try because you never know what you'll turn out to be good at until you try. Everyone is different.
Same goes for all the stuff you mentioned. "Oh, I can't learn machining, I can't learn weaving, I can't learn car engines, it's too hard" but in reality they're all things people can learn and do learn every day.
I never clicked with playing musical instruments. It just never worked for me. That doesn't mean it's hard and people shouldn't try, it just means I couldn't get it. People still should try because you never know what you'll turn out to be good at until you try. Everyone is different.
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Both are broadly important, though postsecondary needs to generally be more like training and less trying to turn people into "well rounded individuals" since people are paying based on it being vocational training. Paying to become a well rounded individual is a luxury many people can't afford, it's something the idle rich can faff around with while people who need to figure out how to get food and shelter or they'll die can focus on that.
That said, prior to that point a well rounded education is a good idea since people never know what they'll end up with when they're 10. I do think educators are failing their students -- if more than half your students can't do age appropriate math or reading or writing, then that's a failing grade for the instructor and the system they work in. The problem isn't that math is hard, it's that the system failed to teach the skill.
That said, prior to that point a well rounded education is a good idea since people never know what they'll end up with when they're 10. I do think educators are failing their students -- if more than half your students can't do age appropriate math or reading or writing, then that's a failing grade for the instructor and the system they work in. The problem isn't that math is hard, it's that the system failed to teach the skill.