Sure you could argue that it's better to learn java like this. But also you could argue that it was fine to learn java with an incantation. It's the first day of class, of course you are not going to understand everything you type. And you are getting exposure to important java concepts that you are going to circle back to later in your journey.

Fwiw, other JVM languages like SCALA have already done this exact thing way before. But whatever, it isn't either good or bad. And I can still use the old way out of respect for tradition.

To each their own