Java "teaches" its users OOP by forcing it on them. Python provides the tools to get things done without it - that's why the learners "don't get it", because th

Java "teaches" its users OOP by forcing it on them. Python provides the tools to get things done without it - that's why the learners "don't get it", because they don't need it, and they don't see it as a solution to a problem (or at least this was the case when I was learning python). What you have there is un-pythonic. Once you have a good reason to build a class with static methods, it will most likely not look too bad.