I can see having to take comp science classes as part of the general education requirements but it should be in addition to math, not a substitute!
That's frightening.
Lillie, ITA with you. There seems to be this attitude that literature is too advanced for today's kids and that "Kids today watch, not read". I mean, my daughter 'watches' her info for her weekly report, but she's in *kindergarten*. She's just learning to read. If she was a teenager, I'd be really distressed at that assignment. And in the gifted program, no less.