> We actually spent quite a bit of time on HTML in 8th grade.
Gee, we never covered HTML when I was in 8th grade. They didn't even cover computers...
Oh, wait, that's because just about the only folks that HAD computers back then were NASA, GM and the government!
Don't worry, I did take a computer class once I got to college. Luckily we had the latest and greatest computer equipment. Yep, an IBM mainframe... Loved learning Fortran, though it did suck when you dropped your stack of punchcards and they got mixed up.
Get this, the computer I learned on had no screen, and no keyboard. The only mouse in the computer lab was the one who had snuck in from outside to try and stay warm.
< end "I walked uphill to school in the snow" rant>