Is the fact that C# produced executables also a problem? With python you can โprotectโ non lab computers at the school by just not installing the python runtime on them. Teach them c# and I guarantee they will be making executables to cause trouble.
Generally agree with you that teachers should be able to choose at least one of the languages to teach. basic web dev stuff is probably pretty useful to them though if it includes JavaScript?
Is the fact that C# produced executables also a problem?
Trust me, the conversation never even gets that far.
just not installing the python runtime on them
We werenโt! We were using repl.it (or something very similar). I donโt know what the story was at other schools, other than many other teachers also wanted C# but had to do Python (it was when I came across this that I finally accepted defeat in trying to get another language in instead of Python. I wanted to start with Pascal and then do C#. In the end I had to do HTML and Python. i.e. the status quo).
Generally agree with you that teachers should be able to choose at least one of the languages to teach.
Weโre supposed to be able to choose both languages, but school admins are taking away one of our choices.
if it includes JavaScript?
I wouldnโt do that at the same time as HTML - maybe later, separately. As Iโve said, as teachers we only teach one concept at a time.
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teach them c# and I guarantee they will be making executables to cause trouble
No, youโre overestimating the students ability. I taught C# in coding club (they were mostly around Year 8), and it was a struggle just getting them to understand basic programming concepts (imagine having to explain MVVM to them - theyโre not good at understanding abstraction) - they wouldnโt have had a clue how to turn it into a malicious exe.
