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What's the dumbest reason you've learned a programming language? (programming.dev)

submitted 3 months ago by andioop@programming.dev to c/programming@programming.dev

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[–] Nighed@feddit.uk 1 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (1 children)

I leant from scratch as my first programming language in year 12.

They tried to teach OOP in year 13, but I didn't really get it until university.

This was years ago at this point, I think they introduced the programming GCSE the year after I did my A-Levels.

A scripting language like python is the ideal language to start with because you can JUST learn the programming bit without worrying about OOP, project structures, compiling etc.

[–] SmartmanApps@programming.dev 3 points 3 months ago (1 children)

I think they introduced the programming GCSE the year after I did my A-Levels

I was teaching the IGCSE, to students all over the globe.

you can JUST learn the programming bit

But NONE of the resources which have been provided to schools do it that way - they ALL use OOP. If that's what your faculty has chosen to use, then that's what you have to use. It comes back to what I've been saying all along - the schools are dictating to the teachers what they are to teach, and it's NOT based on what's best for the students educationally, but what has the least admin overhead for them. That's the stupid reason that I had to learn Python - admin concerns!

[–] Nighed@feddit.uk 2 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Oh, ok, that's annoying then. One of those cases where it feels like the person putting the course together has never actually interacted with children?

[–] SmartmanApps@programming.dev 1 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Yes, that's exactly what I'm saying. The decision was made for us by school admins, NOT CS teachers. That's why it was the stupid reason I had to learn Python.

[–] SmartmanApps@programming.dev 1 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

Oh, I should clarify that. Teaching Python was decided for us by admins. The course material MAY have been designed by a teacher, but then also it may have been designed for Year 9 say. It's inappropriate to be teaching it to Year 7 as a first proper programming language, but that's what we had to do (otherwise then we would also have to make all our own resources to do it, and don't forget at this point that I didn't know how to program in Python myself yet! So yes, I had to use the already made resources, which had OOP in it).