I feel you on the posttranscriptional processes! It can be so confusing with all the splicing, capping, and polyadenylation stuff going on. I get that it’s important for gene expression, but it feels like there’s just so much to remember, and the mechanisms seem to overlap in a way that makes it hard to keep track of what’s what. If I could skip one topic, I’d honestly vote for that one too. It’s just one of those things that feels like it requires more mental energy than it should! But I think it’s fair that we have to learn it because at the end of the day, it’s all part of understanding how biology works at the molecular level. We might not realize it now, but we’ll probably need this info when we dive deeper into more complex topics!