Coding immersion coming to Sioux Falls schools

[PoindexterOglethorpe]

5. Truly stupid idea.

First off, as already pointed out, they need to learn to read, write, and do math.

Second, just how many careers out there require knowledge of coding? Teaching school, other than teaching coding itself, doesn't. Nor does being a doctor, lawyer, bus driver, airline pilot, fast food worker, just to name a tiny handful of jobs that don't need it.

Third, and perhaps most important, the coding they learn in kindergarten will almost certainly not be used by the time they hit sixth grade or so.

A far better choice would be to start teaching foreign languages in kindergarten. Too many Americans have zero knowledge of another language, and knowing at least one other with a reasonable degree of proficiency, which is achievable if you start a language early enough, would be vastly more useful.