The other side of the coin is that children who aren't exposed to programming will never know how it feels to build software.
And it goes further. People without an education or experience in software development or engineering aren't able to come up with good ideas about what to build because they aren't able to grasp the possibilities of what technology enables.
That feeling you're talking about in regards to building stuff is not something that you're born with, but rather something that grows on you by building stuff.
So no, I don't agree with you. We shouldn't force anybody to do anything of course, but the responsibility of a good educational system is to open up horizons, which means encouraging children to explore as much as possible.
And it goes further. People without an education or experience in software development or engineering aren't able to come up with good ideas about what to build because they aren't able to grasp the possibilities of what technology enables.
That feeling you're talking about in regards to building stuff is not something that you're born with, but rather something that grows on you by building stuff.
So no, I don't agree with you. We shouldn't force anybody to do anything of course, but the responsibility of a good educational system is to open up horizons, which means encouraging children to explore as much as possible.