rogramming courses?

Dear /puddi/,

Why or why do so many people fail to learn programming?
Is it because they fail to see programming as calculation of data and instead see a black box that magically does things?

Or is it because they can't grasp the "strict" typing of a programming language?

What is it, /prog/, that makes programming so hard, even the introductory course seems so hard for people, even with languages like LISP or Python, and books like SICP?

Learning to programming has more to do with motivation, interest, and drive then anything else.  Most people find it fucking boring, so they lack all of those things required to get it down. 

Me personally, I found it difficult to learn to program on my own (I mean, learn to program WELL on my own... learning the basics and writing simple shit is a cakewalk), but I am one of the most undisciplined and motivated people in the world.  So when I actually started taking courses at college, where there was a structure set in place for me to follow and actual deadlines, then it came to me quite easily.

tl;dr - Everyone is different, but most of the people I know who fail at programming are smart enough to do it, they just don't have the motivation (or the autism) needed to become a good programmer.