This is somehow related to why I hated introduction to programming at Uni. They would teach you the print function in python, and then ask you to do a full Pacm

This is somehow related to why I hated introduction to programming at Uni. They would teach you the print function in python, and then ask you to do a full Pacman. Same with C ("why str1 == str2 doesnt work?"), they would treat it as a magical black box and answer questions that would have easily been answered by reading the language's manual or bible (K&R). Then some of the students would say "I dont know where to start" and type random code, because they didnt teach nor the syntax nor the semantics... Meanwhile the other ones who understood just went forward with it (they even made harder tests to comp. engineers!). Full brute-force practice (or work) doesnt equals good learning! With a good theory or methodology you can do a better learning.