When I first got into programming it took me months to truly understand the purposes of methods/functions. I picked up on pointers quicker than I picked up on f

When I first got into programming it took me months to truly understand the purposes of methods/functions. I picked up on pointers quicker than I picked up on functions. This was a little over 15 years ago. I could write them out but I could not understand why they were needed. I can admit it now but it was embarrassing then. I know the problem now was because I was teaching myself and really had no exposure to the concept until that point. I was really bad at math in high school. That is the same thing with learning an artistic endeavor. There are going to be even seemingly simple parts that some people struggle with. It takes time to break through that wall but it will be broken at some point. Sometimes you just have to advance past that lesson and come back to it. Maybe then the person will be able to understand why they were having problems.