Learn to Program

We live in the twenty first century and computer literacy is on the level of being able to read. A liberal education is designed to give the students flexibility and creativity for problem solving. On a fundamental level, learning to program is learning a new system for ordering ideas. It conditions one’s mind to approach problems creatively in the same way that calculus and philosophy build one’s intellectual arsenal for a wide range of challenges that have nothing whatsoever to do with line integrals or metaphysics. More importantly, we live in a digital age where we need to be able to use technology its full potential. Learning the different subjects that have nothing to do with software development will actually make you better at it. Many higher education institutions claim that they offer a broad spectrum of the humanities and sciences but the truth is that there are ways to get around it and the colleges need to do better if they are going to compete in the world market.