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This is egregious if you replace "coding" with "writing" or "reading".

Historically, any perceived detriments of mass education have been significantly outweighed by benefits.

That's true, but it's also true that you can only add so much stuff to the syllabus, and then there'll be too much school.

You've got to draw the line at some point. Why not draw it at boring computer stuff that barely anybody needs to know?