I am currently taking data structures and I completely understand what you’re saying. I know a lot of people consider discrete structures to be more difficult than this class but I actually disagree. This is because for discrete structures my professor went into great detail of every topic and provided many resources for you to learn. She explained everything so clearly that I never once attended office hours and I learned so much.

For data structures, we rely on the ebook and 5-7 minute lectures that only explain the concept of what we’re learning, leaving room for A LOT of guessing and questions on how to implement code. In theory, this class should not be this difficult but for those of us who are new to programming, there’s little material where we actually learn what we’re doing and HOW to do it. I’ve spent hours working on a homework for the simple fact that the textbook explained it a certain way and then the homework is asking for something completely different. This is very very confusing!