[kermitology]

Once you understand the basics of object oriented programming you should be able to swiftly pick up other languages. The only difference coming in some syntax or native API that you're able to call. The design principles remain the same, regardless of the language that you're using.

Some people deride Java for it's performance, but it's gotten a lot better over time, and it's really nice to have a huge base of API that does things you need to do without you having to write that code.

At least I found the transition from C++ to C style C++ to Java to Objective C pretty easy. Then again, I'm ridiculously smart.

The one thing to get into the habit of now, and I learned this writing assembly is to document your code. Sure, it's just for school, big deal right? WRONG. If you learn good design principles now and get into the habit of doing it right away, life becomes so much simpler for you. I'll bet you'll get improved marks on code that's reviewed for school because you're clearly explaining what you're doing in English as well as in code.