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But how do they define "computer science?" At my kids' school it's learning about Microsoft Office.


In high school I took a MS Office class my senior year - that was pretty much the extent of it. That was the beginning of my CS career, and I'm grateful that it was offered.


Honestly, the 'office skills' class I took was one of the most genuinely useful courses I took in middle school, simply for the keyboarding instruction. Although in 06 my high school, which was very proud of it's Cisco networking programs, didn't offer any CS courses.


I was forced to take that class my first time through college. Somewhat predictably, I was one of only two or three students under 40 in that class. Also somewhat predictably, none of the under-40 students had any trouble or needed any help.

I figured there would be more than two or three, since they forced us to take it, but there were not.




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