Today so many kids are discouraged from Computer Science as they compare themselves with unrealistic Hollywood portrayals of Computer Science. Who can hack into the NSA in 3 minutes in real life? How can CSI agents seemingly ‘unblur’ a car to get its license plate (I can’t even make out what that looks like)? My class aims to break down these conceptions while offering a hopeful view of Computer Science. We will explore some of the paradigms that are currently used in the industry, in places like Google and Facebook, to show them how these “revolutionary” algorithms could have easily been thought up by us. Throughout the class I will be talking about my experience as well and some of the things I have done personally. We will be tackling these problems together in an interactive class where I encourage students to question everything they think they know.