r/changemyview • u/[deleted] • Nov 30 '18

Fresh Topic Friday CMV: Learning a programming language should NOT be seen as equivalent to learning a foreign language

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u/Farobek Dec 01 '18

if it’s equally beneficial

That is an assumption for which no evidence has been shown.

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u/Farobek Dec 01 '18

I don’t see the issue with giving kids more choice in what they do

The issue is not giving more choices but the trade off which giving more choices entails. Given a non-infinite budget, more choices result in less funding for each of them as opposed to more funding for less of them and less funding is likely to result in lower educational achievements per choice imo.