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b3b3
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So I'm not sure whether this actually is a believable story or not but I think I'll just share the saddest moment in my life with you.

So.... I've been working with a boy 0.5years younger than me on a project in Java so he could learn something about programming. I was actually dictating him code because he wasn't able to JUST WRITE ONE SINGLE LINE OF CODE WITHOUT ASKING ME HOW TO DO SHIT!!! So I dictated him a for each loop:
Me: "for ( Foo foo colon foos ) {doSomeShit();}"
Him: "for ( Foo foo .. foos ) {doSomeShit();}
For your understanding: in German colon means doppel punkt / double dot. I didn't think someone actually writes two dots... THIS IS SO FUCKING SAD

Please don't blame me for being a bad teacher. I'm inn a class with him and I know we did that in class. I also thought it multiple times to him

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    Edit/add: he also asked me what he did wrong because I might have had a kinda angry expression on my face. He was totally serious
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    This sounds more like a language barrier problem than a teaching/learning problem. Don't be so hard on him.

    Getting something wrong once is one thing; correct him and move on. If he keeps doing it, that's another story.
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    @devios1 so I probably need to add some more story. I know him for 4 years now since he's in my class. We've had 1 year of java (and microcontroller with Abel hdl) lessons now and the only thing I know about him is that he's an asshole. I usually am fine with people doing mistakes. If I don't like people I just don't care about what they are doing and stuff. I don't mind explaining stuff multiple times because I know it can be hard understanding pcs sometimes. But he doesn't even bother learning.
    We currently have vacation in Germany and I applied to a one week workshop project from a local it company. I hoped I'd meet many nice people there and I could just get a feeling of how it is to work in a company I'll probably work in later. So we were 1 nice girl, 8 nice guys and him. The other 8 ones never actually programmed but it was fine. We split up into groups of 2 on each PC. I went with him hoping for the best. The week passed and we finished our project. Do you think one line of....
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    Code in the final version actually comes from him?
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    @b3b3 I think I know the type you are describing and say no more. It was hard to gather from your rant. Makes you wonder why he went to the workshop at all if he didn't give a shit.
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    @devios1 jup probably his parents wanted him to go there. My English sucks, I know, but my c++ code is better ;) BTW I suck at all languages where I have to write texts lol
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