The recent push for education in coding/programming in recent years is what struck me most about the reading. This struck me the most because of my lack of exposure to anything computer science related until high school. I did not notice any coding camps, school programs or anything else geared toward computer science until AP Computer Science, offered my senior year. Even then, the class was the first one ever taught at my high school. Even the professor was unfamiliar with the material.

Therefore, I had trouble situating the push for coding/programming. My time in high school definitely saw the advent of preoccupation with STEM, but computer science was oddly left out. Reading this article made me wonder why my school district did not push coding as much as other schools apparently do. This reflection did not really come to fruition, but it was an interesting thought.

The other aspect of our discussion that piqued my interest was the semantic difference and the different connotations of ‘coding’ versus ‘programming’. One thing apparent to me from the discussion was the hasty effort to teach people to code, as opposed to how to program. I suppose a main reason behind this endeavor would be the relative ease by which one can learn to code. We have learned a bit of coding in this class, but many complicated aspects of computer science related to programming remain foreign to us. On the other hand, teaching someone to program probably requires more effort and time, so it is less appealing as a means of giving people marketable skills in the workplace. However, this neglect undoubtedly will inconvenience people who learn to ‘code’ languages that may become obsolete.