Serious question, I saw a bootcamp in Denver using a really confusing way to teach loops

I was visiting a friend in Denver last month and sat in on a free intro class at a local coding bootcamp. The instructor was trying to explain 'for' loops by comparing them to a car wash, but the analogy got so tangled with extra details it just lost everyone. Half the room looked totally lost after about ten minutes. Has anyone else run into a teaching method that made a simple concept way harder than it needed to be?

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olivia_barnes971mo ago

That car wash thing reminds me of my friend's instructor who tried to explain variables using a weird grocery bag metaphor... it just made him more confused about what a simple container was. He ended up watching a five minute YouTube video that cleared it right up.

the_ben1mo ago

Yeah it's like @olivia_barnes97 said, sometimes the simple idea gets buried under a weird story. I see it all the time with tech support, where they use ten words when two would do. The best explanations just cut straight to the point without all the extra fluff.