Yeah in school we learnt Turbo Pascal. I actually really enjoyed it and picked it up very quickly. I finished my final matric exam in half the time given to us, so I spent the rest of the time adding colours and sounds haha.
Voicy you must have a look at Game Maker. Its very simple, the engine is basically pre-built and you can use the built in variables to control the objects. Its a very beginner-friendly engine, even so, plenty of professional games have been made with it.
Most people do use C# / C++ but I can never dedicate myself the time to learn it. Hopefully next year I can go on a course for game dev with one of my old lecturers.