This may seem disappointing from a pedagogical perspective, but given the quality of education he receives I am not concerned. The teachers, I should say, are great, but they are working in a system and world view that mandates and enforces mediocracy.
No matter. The aforementioned urchin will spend part of the break at a holiday programme where they are meant to teach coding. From what I have observed it is mostly how to create avatars in Minecraft, but even so, that is preferable to whatever passes for teaching in the state sector.
