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but I probably learned more about processor hardware functionality than they did!

That's generally how it goes when teaching. You'd be shocked at what you learn trying to teach kids the basics.

I'm not sure that kids even get taught the basics of how a processor works any more.

Depends on what you mean by "the basics". Here they get taught that processors use millions of microscopic switches to do what they do in middle school, but it's really on an abstract level. They don't really get taught how all those 'ons' and 'offs' translate into what they see on the screen or about registers and whatnot until they start taking college level comp sci classes.

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