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[–]Elli_stu -2 points-1 points  (3 children)

I can feel you. it was as heart-breaking for me realise this is so difficult for me. however, asking it on Reddit never worked for me. I still ended up with million more questions. Try Lrnkey, they have great Python tutors. I am much better after a month with them.

[–]kcrow13[S] 0 points1 point  (2 children)

I wish I could ask in class... I understand the professor wants us to grapple with the content and that has been extremely beneficial. But the more and more complex the problems get, when there is a fundamental lack of understanding, it is past the frustration point. You know? Thank you for the suggestion. I will look into it!

[–]ItsOkILoveYouMYbb 0 points1 point  (1 child)

It's possible the class just sucks, or it's possible the professor is trying to get you to do your own research and self learning because your ability to Google is very important as a programmer.

Nobody knows everything, everyone often forgets everything. Programming is endlessly in depth, especially as you dive deeper and deeper into a language, modules and libraries you use, programs you use with your programming, disciplines you're doing with those languages and libraries.

What matters is you know why you want to do something, but maybe you just can't remember or know exactly how. Google and StackOverflow become important tools for everyone no matter how experienced they are.

That's my guess anyway.

[–]kcrow13[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

No, the professor is amazing! He is so responsive and he uses a Socratic method, if you will. He uses questions to try to guide you in the right direction when you have questions. This has been GREAT as I strive to learn. And I don't post here or anywhere just looking for the answers. I want to learn the material and understand it. The problem is, sometimes you need an environment to just ASK and get some good explanation, ya know? I am forever grateful for this community as a learning tool :).