Hello all,

I am a high school student currently enrolled in AP Computer Science A, a (high school context) fairly difficult programming course centered around Java. Recently we were assigned to write a small program, and had the whole 3-day weekend to do it. It was a fairly easy assignment considering what we have had already.

A friend texted me over the weekend about how to do a specific part. He is a bright kid and would like to pursue a career in programming. I figured the part he was asking about was easy enough that he could figure it out in a few minutes with some thinking, so I just told him to figure it out.

Today, the Tuesday after MLK Jr. day, I learned that he was really bitter after that exchange. In hindsight, my offhanded comment seems lazy and/or snobby, but I really did think he was more than capable of doing it himself.

So, AITA?