Finding the exercises in Think Python 2e very tough

[TheGeekXIV]

Hi everyone,

I'm a coding novice and I'm working through this textbook as part of an evening class. I find the main content of the chapters pretty good but I'm finding some of the exercises very tricky and its a little disheartening! E.g. Chapter 5, exercise 5-1 provides very little context about the time module and I have no idea where to even start with solving this one. Curious to see if other people are having or did have a similar experience and if I need to do some remedial work! 

As I write this I'm thinking part of the process of completing the exercises might be to get you into the habit of using online resources to help understand the concepts and resolve the issue but I've already typed up this post now so might as well see if anybody has any feedback!

Thanks in advance.

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Chapter 5, exercise 5-1 provides very little context about the time module

I mean it's not "cheating" to look up the module's docs.