[noodle]

if you're at a decent computer science school, you're going to eventually learn that languages are tools. there's definitely something to be said about becoming a python expert, but there's also something to be said about having the flexibility to know that python is not the best solution for every problem.

learn the basics of C. even better, learn how languages work and learn how to learn them, because there will always be new, better languages and methodologies. the C experts of yesteryear that put all their stock into one language are now the stodgy dinosaurs stuck in their jobs today.

learn the basics of C. ESPECIALLY if its for a grade. i learned so much garbage at college that i've totally forgotten, as well as so much stuff that i didn't really need to know but that i am better for having learned it, anyways.

thats my $0.02.