Sorry, as you can probably tell I'm very new to scripting, but I will try to learn more when I take a class for it next semester. (Im a freshy in highshkewl)
Ya, high school doesn't teach you this kind of coding. Maybe similar in the higher grades, but just starting I don't think you would.
Either way, Torque code isn't exactly standard. There's very similar coding languages, but you'd have to keep that in mind.