We had an intro to programming course at our college (NIT, Srinagar) which was based on C. Seemed perfectly alright, after some thought, because most of my batch mates had never programmed before (and there was a significant population who had no access to computers prior to college)

Since I'd been programming since I was 11, it seemed a little arduous to sit thought classes explaining what a variable was, etc..but in the end, I understood they had to do what was best for the whole lot, and obviously couldn't teach something more advanced to an underprepared set of people.