Christopher, I humbly suggest that they change the label of your fundamentals course from "discontinued" to "alternate"
I got a lot of good information out if it as a companion to the "primary" course. Thanks for all of your support and feedback.

Lisa, what you said is so on point for me. I can't stand doing things that I am not at least competent at. Dealing with my struggling left hand has been a battle of will. It's analogous to the scene in Happy Gilmore where he is yelling at the golf ball trying to get it to tip over into the hole. "just go to the chord hand, are you too good for the chord?!" This phase has been the deal killer in the past when I have tried to learn guitar. I intend to push through it this time around.