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papuadn
Joined: 19 Sep 2016 Posts: 131
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Posted: Fri Oct 13, 2017 7:43 am Post subject: Learn to code, it’s more important than ESL |
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Apple CEO Tim Cook: Learn to code, it’s more important than English as a second language
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Catherine Clifford
Apple CEO Tim Cook says it is more important to learn how to code than it is to learn English as a second language.
The tech executive made the remarks to French outlet Konbini while in the country for a meeting with French President Emmanuel Macron, who has called for tech companies to pay higher taxes in Europe.
"If I were a French student and I were 10 years old, I think it would be more important for me to learn coding than English. I'm not telling people not to learn English in some form — but I think you understand what I am saying is that this is a language that you can [use to] express yourself to 7 billion people in the world," Cook tells Konbini.
"I think that coding should be required in every public school in the world."
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nimadecaomei
Joined: 22 Sep 2016 Posts: 605
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Posted: Sat Oct 14, 2017 12:45 am Post subject: |
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Odd coming from Apple, but I somewhat agree. |
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