Assignment #2

OK, here we go:

Teaching this subject would be fun and easier and more engaging and more interesting to teach and learn. The skills I will develop will be useful beyond the classroom.

This Scratch program is actually useful. It can scaffold some of the ideas of programming and make it fun.

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