I have had different versions of this exact problem throughout my learning career. It is common that the very concepts of convention, representation, terminolog

I have had different versions of this exact problem throughout my learning career. It is common that the very concepts of convention, representation, terminology, and symbology are more abstract/complex/unintuitive than the actual topic they describe, and the person doing the teaching usually glosses over the explanation of that part because it is so second nature to them.