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steele on Jan 30, 2012 | parent | context | favorite | on: Programming is the new High School Diploma

As a mechanic, I am a trained and licensed auto mechanic. Many, many people drive cars. Therefore, auto repair is the new High School Diploma. etc etc

kls on Jan 30, 2012 | [–]

I tend to agree, it's the reason "auto shop" is an elective. I think that a general computing course in high school is desperately needed but to go as deep as programming I just don't know that it would produce the results we need.

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