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> "If it comes easy, then you're not doing it right." I don't like that advice at all. Sure, not everything's easy, but the hard way is almost certainly not th
by bennyg 13y ago
> "If it comes easy, then you're not doing it right."
I don't like that advice at all. Sure, not everything's easy, but the hard way is almost certainly not the right way. When I was learning to program (still am, as should all of us who are programmers), pointers came easy, arrays came easy, hash maps came easy. Almost every concept makes sense. I'm not some intellectual godsend either, so I know there are probably a countless amount of others who feel the same way.
I think that the most likely option is that the "teacher," or at least method of teaching, is bad.
- andrewl 13y agoIt's also possible that the teacher, or the method, is simply a bad fit. I watched some of the SICP lecture, and they, and the book, are a bad fit for me, partly because I lack much of the math background. I'm sure there are other people for whom they're perfect.