I get your point and agree. By politicizing the standard (even if that's laughable in other countries) it virtually guarantees that half the population will be against it. It becomes a waste of time.
But except for the wastage I'm not concerned. I don't want my kids focusing too much on chemistry or physics in school anyway. There are few jobs in those types of science and plenty of competition for those jobs, so it's only entertainment value for my kids. I'd like the schools to focus on Python and web development first. That's not going to happen, of course, so it's Codecademy and similar sites to fill the gap.
But except for the wastage I'm not concerned. I don't want my kids focusing too much on chemistry or physics in school anyway. There are few jobs in those types of science and plenty of competition for those jobs, so it's only entertainment value for my kids. I'd like the schools to focus on Python and web development first. That's not going to happen, of course, so it's Codecademy and similar sites to fill the gap.