BA>  Granted that there are substantial good things that may result from
 BA>  learning to program, and that exposure to programing ought to be part
 BA>  of everyone's education ( mind you I am one of those uneducated ones
 BA>  who's exposure is very very limited) At what level, and to what degree
 BA>  ought this exposure happen?
My aim is to keep it as simple and entertaining as possible.  Creating video 
games, problem solving programming.  One could even tie all this in with 
almost any other course.  
1) In math, program equations and allow the student to use the program to 
make changes in the variables, plot the results.
2) In sciences, utilize SQL to create tables, cross reference data, plot 
growth of a test environment.  One could even design simple peripherals to 
collect the data automatically (Weather patternd are a good example).
3) Databases for history, create a time line.
There are many avenues to use to design programs in BASIC, C, Pascal etc. The 
whole point is to see that computers can be used to a far greater use than 
word processing, games, predesigned teaching aides (baby sitter programs).  
The child would develop higher reasoning skills, problem definition & 
solving, argument, logic, and most of all, realize that the problem can be 
approached from many different abgles.
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