I gave a good faith effort to learn MS-DOS (my first operating system). I am proficient in DOS. I gave a good faith effort to learn UNIX. I am proficient in UNI

I gave a good faith effort to learn MS-DOS (my first operating system). I am proficient in DOS. I gave a good faith effort to learn UNIX. I am proficient in UNIX. I gave a good faith effort to learn vi. I am proficient in vi. I gave a good faith effort to learn C. I am proficient in C. I gave a good faith effort in to learn Java. I am not good at Java. I gave a good faith effort to learn how to use tablets. I am not good with tablets. I gave a good faith effort to learn how to use Emacs. I am not good with Emacs. It's tempting to blame the tools, but it's more rational to blame myself. I'm not certain how to describe what the problem is, but I think capacity to think in whatever paradigm the application expects is good enough to express the point.