"The state of American computer science education is striking in comparison.
* School boards fight to keep CS out of schools, since every minute spent on CS is one less minute spent on core subjects like English and math. The students' test scores in these core subjects determine next year's funding, so CS is a threat.
* Teachers often refuse to teach real CS because more often than not they don't understand it. Instead, they end up teaching word processing and website construction, while calling it CS.
* Parents often oppose CS classes since the grade has no direct benefit on their child's academic prospects. This is compounded by a lack of understanding of the difference between their child playing video games and their child writing video games.
* Students intentionally tune out of CS class since there are few things worse in American high school than being labelled a nerd.
The result in America is a prefect storm of opposition from every level."
Depressing but true comparison between the state of CS education in the U.S. and Vietnam.
* School boards fight to keep CS out of schools, since every minute spent on CS is one less minute spent on core subjects like English and math. The students' test scores in these core subjects determine next year's funding, so CS is a threat.
* Teachers often refuse to teach real CS because more often than not they don't understand it. Instead, they end up teaching word processing and website construction, while calling it CS.
* Parents often oppose CS classes since the grade has no direct benefit on their child's academic prospects. This is compounded by a lack of understanding of the difference between their child playing video games and their child writing video games.
* Students intentionally tune out of CS class since there are few things worse in American high school than being labelled a nerd.
The result in America is a prefect storm of opposition from every level."
Depressing but true comparison between the state of CS education in the U.S. and Vietnam.
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