Today I learned an important lesson while working on my Python homework. I copied some code, ran it, and instantly got a SyntaxError 😩 After checking line by line, I realized I had accidentally missed one letter — I forgot the “U” in user_age. That tiny mistake completely broke my program. Here’s the code I was working on 👇 user_age = int(input("Enter your age: ")) if user_age < 16: # Age 15 and under print("Too young.") insurance_price = 0 elif user_age < 25: # Age 16 - 24 insurance_price = 4800 elif user_age < 40: # Age 25 - 39 insurance_price = 2350 else: # Age 40 and up insurance_price = 2100 print(f"Annual price: ${insurance_price}") 💡 Lesson Learned: Even one missing character can crash your entire program. But finding it and fixing it is what makes you a better coder. Debugging isn’t failure — it’s progress.

One simple mistake can make your code break. This is from my Python textbook. You read a problem and you are supposed to translate and write the code. At time this can be difficult if I can be honest, specially as a beginner.