Finance blog, PoorerThanYou.com, has advice for those college students on your list this year - give them textbooks instead of the latest gadget or video game. Most college students are lacking in funds and textbooks get more expensive each year, so help them out this holiday season by gifting them their education!
In this article from the Washington Post, it is reported that fewer students at the Stone Bridge High School in Ashburn, Virginia are taking computer science courses (C++, Java, et al.). The students have no problem using the latest computer technologies, such as Facebook and Twitter, but don't feel like learning about the code behind them. This is why we'll be colonized by China within the next 20 years...
Fewer high school students taking computer science classes
