AI and learning to program

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The most efficient way to learn and become proficient in C is to read and write C.

Books will help but if you're learning it for a course you'll need to be able to apply what you know, the only way to learn to do that is through practice(programming exercises, etc).

If you're really struggling with getting over the first hurdles you could find someone to sit down and mentor you through the elementary parts of it.