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My poor brother's "coding class"

(just a quick note before the actual rant, I had to put my new layout on pause bc I'm deep cleaning my room and CSS takes a long time to learn)


So for some quick context, me and my younger brother are both homeschooled. However, we go to a co-op where other parents can teach us stuff in a classroom. The teachers there aren't always the best (I had a truly horrible one last year, but that's a story for another time) but my brother gets to see his friends there so it's worth it. 

Another important piece of context is the fact that my brother LOVES coding. He started learning Python when he was about 12 (he's 14 now) and recently started learning C++. While I'd never tell him this, he's part of the reason I want to learn CSS and HTML. 

One of the classes offered at the co-op this year was labeled as a coding class. As you can imagine, my brother got really excited. He had taken online classes before, but never had a chance to talk to other programmers in person. But when we read the description, we learned it was a vibecoding class. Instead of actually learning to write code, these kids would just be asking ChatGPT to do it for them. This made my brother not as interested, but my parents talked him into it, saying he'll need to know how to use AI if he's going to become a programmer. My mom just got his ChatGPT account set up for him. While he's not as against AI as I am, he still doesnt like the idea of having do his hobby for him. Hell he learned trigonometry in 9th grade JUST SO HE COULD CODE BETTER. And now his new teacher is having him buy ChatGPT to do that for him

His first class is on Monday, I wish him luck and plenty of patience (and free time to keep coding)

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why is there a class designed to teach you how to code in the one way where you dont actually learn how to code