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Unfortunately, teaching isn't just about imparting knowledge. You also have to maintain the interest of your students. Assembly programming is tedious and unrewarding- new programmers won't care that it's an excellent way to learn the fundamentals and practice basic algorithm design, they want to do something other then screw around in text mode. This is why Logo is considered great for teaching; its easy-as-pie graphic functions make learning the concepts somewhat more exciting for kids.

Try running your assembly super-programming course, but don't be too surprised when 90% of it drops after the first two weeks and re-enrolls in "Making 3D Games in Visual Basic.NET 101."