Maybe it's different out there..... (Score 1)

but in Canada, where I am in grade 10, being profficient with computers is not at all frowned upon. I personally am not extremely profficionet, but I have friends who run Linux, code, etc. Beyond this being smart is certainly not frowned upon, but rather, looked up to. I havemade many friends (ye they are legit friends I may add) by helping them out in class. The big thing that A LOT of people would really want is a game programming class, I think. I have many friends, techie and non-techie, who really, really want to have these skills. Also, while many people do drink, do drugs, etc. it is not a big incentive and a striahtforward we are going to teach you to do something useful approach would be better, in my opinion. Of course all this is irrelevant because I have no concept of what it is like at other schools. So my suggestion would be go to a school and find out what they wan, it is all about the demographics of the area, but if you do it right this program will probably have big success.