A clear statement in the first paragraph of your position is either for, against, or rejecting the premise.
I agree with the statement “students in the Humanities should learn to code.” I agree with this mainly because of one word, should. Though I do think some students will not like coding, some will not be good at it and some will not learn a lot of the skills of it, I do believe that students should still learn to code because it gives you a new perspective on things which will change your approach to the humanities.
At least one quotation from the assigned readings:
In his article, Hello Worlds (why humanities students should learn to program), Matthew G. Kirschenbaum, May 23, 2010, Krichenbaum states “many of us in the humanities miss the extent to which programming is a creative and generative activity.” This is the main point with which I agree why humanities students should learn to code. In the article, Kirschenbaum then goes on to note how his experience with learning coding showed him that he was learning how to model a specific part of the world, something he believes is vital.
A discussion of your prior coding experience
Much like many students, my first experience with coding was not the best. I was taking an intro to computer science course solely because it was a prerequisite. After the first class, I was questioning whether or not I should drop this and if I even like it. However, as time went on I started getting a better grasp on the subject and I started enjoying it more. My favorite part of that course was the final project, it was then that I started working with data in the real world to present a finding. Much like what was stated by Kirschenbaum, In order to write code to process the data, I had to consider how to create a model.
Include at least one code sample in your post that supports your position, by using the CODE block
To support my position I will put this in Bold.
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You have clearly presented your opinions, but I would like to recommend some modifications that can be done to your posts. Firstly, the bolded topics for each paragraph should be removed, since those are just grading requirements and normal blogs won’t have those. Next, your Kirschenbaum’s quote should be put in a Quote block, not a Paragraph. This also applies to your coding sample, where the code should be displayed in a Code block instead, like so: To support my position I will put this in Bold.
I agree with your point that, although not everyone will enjoy coding, it is still a useful tool to have. I understand where you’re coming from in your third paragraph. I struggled in “Intro to CS” as well and was debating dropping it or scrunching the class. However, I stuck with it, and it got better. I enjoyed the final project too, although it was annoying at times. It was fun getting to practice with CSV files and performing calculations based on the data.