Coding = World Languages, an ongoing dibate

While the Industry tells us that they need well-rounded people, our educational system is still wearing blinders targeting "STEM" and ignoring the value of the Humanities.

The most clamorous example coming to my mind is the movement for recognizing CODING as a foreign language. While learning a second or third language develops skills and thinking patterns that facilitate the acquisition of a coding language, it so absolutely not true the reverse process.

These are some great articles arguing this case:

• Students Should Learn Programming. But It Shouldn’t Count as a Foreign Language. By Valerie Woolard Srinivasan
• Math OK as substitute for coding but foreign language isn't, bill hearing suggests. By Alex Mann
• Coding or Foreign Language: What Should Be Taught? By United Language Group