Always The Basics (Score 1)

As a student myself, I've been taught little more than.. well, I haven't been taught anything. For six years we had nothing more than 'typing' classes which didn't do a lick of good for the most part for the student body. Following that, they would teach things such as Power point, MsWord, and using spreadsheets. If your lucky you'd get a bit of PS in there, but the teacher knew less than most students who'd never used it before. ( If that says anything at all ) In general, all this builds up a very negative image about computer classes in a student's mind. When you finally get to stop typing drills by tenth grade. There are classes offered for C++ here, but they offer very little. One learns to make a very simple application, which is basically a calculator with text boxes. I found that insulting considering I taught myself C++, and I was hoping to actually learn something beyond the bare basics. If they wanted to grab hold of a students interest ( at least a student like myself ) they could offer a 3D graphics design class of some sort. There's many students with great ideas, and given the tools they could express their ideas in more than two dimensions. Along side that, there are many application suites that are powerful, free, and full of documentation for schools to use. A school could teach the use of UDK, for example. With the amount of effort required to get stunning visuals, it would likely catch the eye of many students. It wouldn't be hard to remove the guns either, if that is a problem. ;) The teaching of the engine, could also create possible job opportunities in the future for some students, considering how widely used the engine is.