Hasta La Gadget!

With our phones, homes, cars, wearables getting smarter with each passing day, it isn’t surprising that there is an importance placed in learning computer programming at a young age these days. In fact we have seen apps and initiatives launched that aim to teach children how to perform.

In fact back in 2013, President Barack Obama suggested that maybe making programming mandatory in high school might not be such a bad idea. Well fast forward to today, it looks like Obama is living up to his claims as he helped to kick off the annual Computer Science Education Week. He also took part in writing a computer program of his own which all it did was draw a square on a screen.

However according to Hadi Partovi, the co-founder of Code.org, that was the whole point. Partovi was quoted as saying, “All programming starts simple. No one starts by creating a complicated game.” In a speech delivered by Obama last year to promote the Computer Science Education week (see video above), “Learning these skills isn’t just important for your future. It’s important for our country’s future.”

He also added, “If we want America to stay on the cutting edge, we need young Americans like you to master the tools and technology that will change the way we do just about everything.” Of course not everyone thinks that programming should be made mandatory. Linus Torvalds, the creator of the Linux kernel, mentioned that he didn’t think it was necessary as it felt like a specialized field, unlike reading or writing, but what do you guys think?

President Obama Writes His Own Program During Computer Science Education Week

, original content from Ubergizmo. Read our Copyrights and terms of use.