Week 9 Discussion

The Margolis article really struck home for me. It states, “this may have been an important ingredient of the “secret sauce” of ECS—passionate, creative teachers who are interested in the problem solving of computer science, with a variety of secondary subject credentials” (64). To me, this is the largest barrier to diversity in CS. The CS curriculum is always presented in the framework of a “techy” subject meant for those with a predisposition for math and science. There is so much creativity and innovation required in CS yet we are actively deterring the more liberal focused young minds. Margolis brilliantly notes that this diversity of thought must start with the teachers. If teachers and other student role models are demonstrating the variety of credentials that contribute to success in CS, we would make the CS curriculum much more accessible to the diverse minds of this generation.