I mean. Not really? I understand the need for proper sytax in separating statements, I just hate memorizing shit. That's why I usually code with documentation open to check my syntax, and often rely on stuff like notepad++ to handle basic syntax for me. That way I can focus on doing the thing I want to accomplish, as opposed to spending time on glorified spell check.

That being said, I'm a chemical engineer, not a software engineer. I'm sure it becomes second nature given enough time.

I think the thing that annoyed me the most is that if you forgot proper syntax, you'd just lose points. In comparison, if I was taking a physics test and forgot an important formula, I could derive the formula I needed from basic principles relatively easily. No such luck with syntax. You either know it or you don't.

Sounds like you had trouble learning the importance of semicolons for separating statements.

Silly argument. In almost all code, the semicolon is implied by the line formatting. Forgetting to manually place it is not a sign of some deep misunderstanding, like e.g. not understanding recursion would be.

That is why Python doesn't use semicolons. Because making the user type them is silly, when the line formatting already perfectly clearly separates statements.