EsPCEx 2018: The sentence “The tech leader gave some brief thoughts on education”

Learn to code, it’s more important than English as a second language Apple CEO Tim Cook  says  coding is the best foreign language that ...

Learn to code, it’s more important than English as a second language

Apple CEO Tim Cook says coding is the best foreign language that a student in any country can learn. The tech executive made the remarks to French outlet Konbini while in the country for a meeting with French President Emmanuel Macron. The tech leader gave some brief thoughts on education:

“If I were a French student and I were 10 years old, I think it would be more important for me to learn coding than English. I’m not telling people not to learn English in some form – but I think you understand what I am saying is that this is a language that you can use to express yourself to 7 billion people in the world. I think that coding should be required in every public school in the world.”

Of course, it’s in Cook’s best interest to have the world learning how to code. He runs a tech company that depends on access to a constantly growing pipeline of talent. But it could be in your interest too: studying coding could increase your chances of pulling in a big salary. A computer-science education, at least in countries like the US, is one of the most viable and lucrative career paths open to young people today.

But, Cook says, the benefits go beyond that. “It’s the language that everyone needs, and not just for the computer scientists. It’s for all of us”. He added that programming encourages students of all disciplines to be inventive and experimental: “Creativity is the goal. Coding is just to allow that. Creativity is in the front seat; technology is in the backseat. With the combination of both of these you can do such powerful things now.”

Adapted from https://www.cnbc.com/2017/10/12/apple-ceo-tim-cook-learning-to-code-is-so-important.html

QUESTÃO 45
EsPCEx 2018: The sentence “The tech leader gave some brief thoughts on education” (paragraph 1) can be correctly paraphrased in the following terms:

[A] The tech leader created regulations on education.
[B] The tech leader underestimated education.
[C] The tech leader was concerned about private education.
[D] The tech leader has been studying coding.
[E] The tech leader stated his opinion about education.

QUESTÃO ANTERIOR:
- História
- EsPCEx 2018: Entre 1945 e 1964, existiam no Brasil dois projetos de Nação que disputavam a preferência dos eleitores, o nacional estatismo, liderado por Getúlio Vargas, e o liberalismo conservador, liderado por Carlos Lacerda. Avalie as informações abaixo listadas.

GABARITO:
[E] The tech leader stated his opinion about education.

PRÓXIMA QUESTÃO:
- EsPCEx 2018: Which one from the underlined verbs in the text conveys a verb tense that is different from the others?