I did read your post, I just didn't respond to that part!

Have a super search for school, first language, learning, etc. There's been loads of discussions about this already.

Without commenting on Perl's suitablility, I think you should consider the computing teachers' opinions/resistance more than the school board's. Can the teacher program Perl? Does she already have opinions regarding it? Would she be willing to learn it? If you're considering offering to teach an extracurricular class, are you a good instructor/teacher? Would you have the support of the current teacher?

Sorry for throwing off so many questions, but I think there's many issues to consider if you're serious about this.

I don't really feel qualified to comment on Perl's suitability for teaching. I've never studied CS, though would like to. I did a little BASIC at school, then a little javascript and php hacking. Perl was the first language I learnt/used to any extent.

In reply to Re^3: Perl Advocacy w.r.t Teaching by fireartist
in thread Perl Advocacy w.r.t Teaching by moot

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