Benefits of learning scheme?

Question

I\'ve just started one of my courses, as classes just began 2 weeks ago, and we are learning Scheme right now in one for I assume some reason later on, but so far from what he i

Answer 1

Languages like LISP (and the very closely related Scheme) are to programming what Latin is to English.

You may never speak Latin a day in your normal life again after taking a course, but simply learning a language like Latin will improve your ability to use English.

The same is true for Scheme.