On: Ask HN: What should be taught in high school?

[reilly3000]

SQL is surprisingly easy to teach to young people. Give them a simple table with info that's relevant to them, and help them discover how to filter and aggregate. I think that is more valuable for people to understand and have in hand than statistics; its a gateway drug to analytical thinking.

[TJSomething → reilly3000]

Even though it's not the best SQL database, Access is a really good force multiplier if you're in a locked down office and all you have is Office.

[neighbour → reilly3000]

>SQL is surprisingly easy to teach to young people.

And frustratingly difficult to teach adult software developers. Speaking from experience trying to teach the devs what they are doing is NOT good practice.