Basic on the commodore 64. That's how I learned it. You turn the computer on, and that's pretty much all you can do. Learning to program now, is like, sure I get that it's important and all, but why? why would I?
Needing to program specifically? No reason. The computational and analytical thinking skills that come with it are generally useful though.
I also never again written a poem analysis or held a talk about labour movements in the Weimar Republic. Did I practice important skills in school? I'd say yes.
That is kind of the point. Programming has become the same kind of useful skill as writing a poem analysis. It's easy to explain that it is useful and important. But I don't get across why you would want it.
We had it so good.