great points. I see this program and wonder why we (in the US) go into such contortions away from teaching - math.
Just teach kids how to think in math and they will take to most CS topics like fish in water.
Just teach kids how to think in math and they will take to most CS topics like fish in water.
Also, you do not need to know Calculus, or pre-calculus, or trigonometry, or geometry, or algebra, or pre-algebra in order to build, say an Android twitter app.
At this stage you don't really need to know comp sci either. Just watch a tutorial and follow the steps.
If you read HN, you had a better math and science education than 90% of this country, don't act like every kid was as precocious or as motivated as you.