Script used by Indian startup WhiteHatJr to teach coding to 9 year old kids

It would be better to include these links in a comment in that thread, where they would clearly be on topic.

The problem with making a separate submission out of it is that it's repetitive; we don't need two different threads about the same issue with the same startup at the same time.

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It's not just an Indian startup ... It's a fully owned subsidiary of a major Disney business partner. It's such a shame that Mickey mouse is now being used to scam gullible and desperate parents in the third world. Such a shame!

I don't think this phenomenon is specific to India, but a culture of strongly encouraging rote memorisation over actual thinking is definitely a factor. I worked in CS education many years ago (not in India) but the decline was already quite visible then, in the form of students who could recite obscure facts and copy-paste code together but were otherwise mostly computer-illiterate. These people then think they are successful and try to teach others, leading to a case of "the blind leading the blind".

> they said these run on actual clouds

Lol. Wat.

I disagree. I think this is the sort of thing we do to encourage kids to do something difficult. If you interpret the comment more charitably it could be trying to say that all students are exceptional in the sense that every human is unique.

Why? Isn’t White Hat Jr based in India?

It's not even a startup any more? It was acquired by BYJU'S:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BYJU%27S

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karan_Bajaj

The indian context seem pretty relevant to the case, as many commenters said they experienced the same with startups... in India too.