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It’s true that high-school coding classes aren’t essential for learning computer science in college....

It’s true that high-school coding classes aren’t essential for learning computer science in college. Students without experiencecancatchupafterafewintroductorycourses,saidTomCortina,theassistantdeanatCarnegieMellon’sSchoolof ComputerScience. However, Cortina said, early exposure is beneficial. When younger kids learn computer science, they learn that it’s not just a confusing, endless string of letters and numbers — but a tool to build apps, or create artwork, or test hypotheses. It’s not as hard for them to transform their thought processes as it is for older students. Breaking down problems into bite-sized chunks and using code to solve them becomes normal. Giving more children this training could increase the number of peopleinterestedinthefieldandhelpfillthejobsgap,Cortinasaid. Students also benefit from learning something about coding before they get to college, where introductory computer-scienceclassesarepackedtothebrim,whichcandrivetheless-experiencedor-determinedstudentsaway. The Flatiron School, where people pay to learn programming, started as one of the many coding bootcamps that’s become popular for adults looking for a career change. The high-schoolers get the same curriculum, but “we try to gear lessons toward things they’re interested in,” said Victoria Friedman, an instructor. For instance, one of the apps the students aredevelopingsuggestsmoviesbasedonyourmood. The students in the Flatiron class probably won’t drop out of high school and build the next Facebook. Programming languages have a quick turnover, so the “Ruby on Rails” language they learned may not even be relevant by the time they enter the job market. But the skills they learn — how to think logically through a problem and organize the results — apply toanycodinglanguage,saidDeborahSeehorn,aneducationconsultantforthestateofNorthCarolina. Indeed, the Flatiron students might not go into IT at all. But creating a future army of coders is not the sole purpose of theclasses.Thesekidsaregoingtobesurroundedbycomputers—intheirpockets,intheiroffices,intheirhomes—forthe rest of their lives. The younger they learn how computers think, how to coax the machine into producing what they want — theearliertheylearnthattheyhavethepowertodothat—thebetter.
23.DeborahSeehornbelievesthattheskillslearnedatFlatironwill____.
  • A.help students learn other computer languages
  • B.have to be upgraded when new technologies come
  • C.need improving when students look for jobs
  • D.enable students to make big quick money
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