Everyone should learn to code Mr Obama says; really? say it ain't so

Mr Obama thinks everyone should learn to code. As a computer scientist, I have to say that coding is a good thing to learn. But everyone? What is it with people who decide what everyone should do? Why is school so awful? Because people make statements like that and then enforce them. How would Mr Obama know what everyone should learn to do?

So, for fun, I typed “everyone should learn” into Google. Here are the things (besides coding which is there 100 times at least), that everyone should learn, according to the people who post to the internet.

Why Everyone Should Learn a Little Bit of Photography

Reasons why everyone should learn at least one foreign …

Ten wonderful Catalan expressions everybody should learn …

Why Everyone Should Learn How to Sail - Queensland …

Why Everyone Should Learn CPR - First Aid

5 Reasons Why you Should Learn a New Language

20 Simple Truths Everybody Should Learn about God, Life …

5 lessons from Google that everyone should learn …

5 Reasons Why Everyone Should Learn to Sew

A Skill Everyone Should Learn: Sketching | Big Think

4 Reasons Everyone Should Learn Basic Accounting

Why Everyone Should Learn How to Shoot a Gun - ESP …

Why Everyone Should Learn Martial Arts - - Karate USA

Everyone Should Learn Design Thinking | PBL CONSULTING

Why Everyone Should Learn How to Edit Video

Why Everyone Can (and Should!)… Learn to Draw …

Master Bathroom Designs Everybody Should Learn And Apply

Everyone should learn to swim | nataliekyoung

Everybody should learn how to treat asthma - AllDayChemist

Everyone Should Learn Statistics | Ten Miles Square | The …

Everyone should learn to drive in a simulator | The Verge

5 Reasons Everybody Should Learn to Dance by Lisa …

Why everyone should learn how to sell - Sales Distilled

Everybody should learn how to Ballroom Dance by Scott …

Aitor Molina: Everyone should learn English

Everyone should learn Backgammon | BoardGameGeek | BoardG

I propose the that we eliminate the silly everyone should learn history, algebra, chemistry, etc curriculum that we now have by the what the masses think.

So I have picked my new high school curriculum based on this list.

I think we should make every one learn to…

sail

ballroom dance

play backgammon

design bathrooms

do basic accounting

This should be the first year of high school. Makes as much sense as “everyone should learn to code.”