One of the major problems in high school curricula today is that students are taught to regurgitate so much material, that they rarely ever produce their own knowledge. Learning to program teaches you to problem solve in a way that is hardly analogous to any class except Calculus in high school and gives you opportunities that are able to be pursued even by students who live in apartments without garages or opportunities to do house or automobile repairs themselves.
In order to accomplish this, you may need to learn to use a computer beyond the ease that comes with utilizing a smart phone. I recommend looking us tutorials on Coursera to learn basic computer skills.
From there you can take some of the computer programming courses on the same website. Other resources for programming include:
- Khanacademy
- Code Academy
- Lynda (this one costs money, but the courses are amazing)
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