It's true that high-school coding classes aren't essential for learning computer science in college.

诚然，高中编程课对于在大学学习计算机科学来说并不是必需的。

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We have many computer science teachers using our platform, because it makes learning to code more fun and engaging.

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However, the theories underpinning software programming were extremely dense, and the difficulty I had with learning and understanding code led to my first moment of realization: perhaps the world of computer science was not for me.

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