I haven’t taken an introductory CS course since the mid 90s, so I don’t have enough knowledge to know whether I agree or disagree with you. What was the base level of knowledge like when you were in introductory courses? Back in the day, you couldn’t guarantee that everyone could even turn a computer on, so for loops were a second midterm thing.

Edit - I should mention that my last sentence was the perspective of 18 year old me. I was 18, but in my defence I was 18. :)