I read somewhere that there are 10 types of people, those that understand binary and those that do not. I remember meeting binary for the first time in a college lecture; it was probably in year one as attendance at such lectured did tend to wane as the terms went by. The tutor was actually very entertaining and I believe that we had an interactive binary system with the two states being standing and sitting. It was quite an ask for a monday morning but it seemed to work and as a mathematical concept it was embedded easily. This was 1967 and home computers and even personal calculators were some way into the future. Mobile phones, iPods, iPads were almost unimaginable and so application of the binary system was non existent to us mere mortals, though exponents of the world of electronics were already into their ANDS, NANDS, NOTs, NORs and whatever. The age of computing was germinating and those with the brains and foresight could see it coming. Most of us could not and have spent a lot of time playing catch up.
The population at large never keeps up, it is impossible. Technology evolves faster than our ability to cope and so most people throw up their hands and give in to the tsunamis of change.
Computer coding now forms part of the primary curriculum and there must be long serving teachers who will find themselves in a strange world of languages that they have not heard of and having to enthuse young minds, far more plastic than their own. Many children will revel in the challenge, while others, already struggling with many other things will not cope and neither should they. Writing programs is a good exercise in logic and it does encourage thinking processes but like anything else it is not for everyone.
There are two types of people, those that adapt to the changing world around them, and those that expect the world to adapt to them. The latter is ok in the short term and as long as one has the tools needed to effect the changes, otherwise the world has a tendency not to co-operate.
The population at large never keeps up, it is impossible. Technology evolves faster than our ability to cope and so most people throw up their hands and give in to the tsunamis of change.
Computer coding now forms part of the primary curriculum and there must be long serving teachers who will find themselves in a strange world of languages that they have not heard of and having to enthuse young minds, far more plastic than their own. Many children will revel in the challenge, while others, already struggling with many other things will not cope and neither should they. Writing programs is a good exercise in logic and it does encourage thinking processes but like anything else it is not for everyone.
There are two types of people, those that adapt to the changing world around them, and those that expect the world to adapt to them. The latter is ok in the short term and as long as one has the tools needed to effect the changes, otherwise the world has a tendency not to co-operate.
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