[BurningFrog]

That's funny/sad.

I've never learned so much about programming as during my years pair programming!

I got to see how other people solved problems, and surprisingly often, they have a completely different approach than what I though was the obvious way. Half the time their way was better than mine, and I became a better programmer, and half the time I taught the other person something.

This went on day after day, for years!

There is a technique for pair programming well. I was lucky to join a team of PP pros, and picked it up pretty fast. Sounds like you had worse luck :(

> I cannot learn while someone is talking to me

This sounds strange. Normally people learn by listening to others talking, right?