So I'm learning Java

[Diamons]

I'm learning Java in high school as a class and it apparently has the highest failure rate of all the majors in my school. Is Java that hard?

[Vanilla]

Well, that depends. I don't know if you have C/C++ classes, but i suspect their failure rates would be higher than that of Java. And equally, Actionscript, Javascript and PHP would be lower. Also, if you are going to pickup such a hard language anyway, if would recommend C++ instead. Since it is bytecode compiled, you can achieve higher speeds, unlike Java which is interpreted in a virtual machine and thus slower, atleast a little.
I guess the hardest thing about Java in contrast to Javascript, is that you are almost forced to take a more object-oriented approach. OOP programming is harder to learn than traditional sequential programming, but it's well worth it ;)

[Zach]

I think the reason it has the highest failure rate is that people don't really get computers. You, however, seem like a pretty smart guy and should do well. Once you pick up Java, you should learn C as well. It will come easier.

[trainhappy]

I'm learning Java in high school as a class and it apparently has the highest failure rate of all the majors in my school. Is Java that hard?

I'm learning java as well on my own because my high school doesn't offer courses in java.