Convince me to keep learning Perl

HALP ME! I've been attempting to learn Perl the last few days and I'm starting to have second thoughts. It seems each new thing I come across introduces a new level of confusion. Convince me to tough it out, or not.

perl.. lol if you can handle learning perl you'll never make it...

http://ocw.mit.edu/courses/electrical-engineering-and-computer-science/6-00-introduction-to-computer-science-and-programming-fall-2008/video-lectures/

start here, your welcome..

learn CS and start using Java, it sucks ball sacks but it'll teach you about OOP.