Nice write up.
You mention SICP, but I’m wondering if you are using HTDP http://htdp.org/ ?
I’ve always been struck by the vision the authors state in the preface;
> everyone can design programs
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> everyone can experience the satisfaction that comes with creative design.
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> Indeed, we go even further and argue that program design—but not programming—deserves the same role in a liberal-arts education as mathematics and language skills.
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> A student of design who never touches a program again will still pick up universally useful problem-solving skills, experience a deeply creative activity, and learn to appreciate a new form of aesthetic.
I’m not a good programmer - I’m not even a average one, but the book and learning Racket has made me better.