Hi @dylanyurjevich1!
Welcome to the forum!
I understand where you are coming from with the “bumpers” solution. I think earlier on the curriculum there is a lot of (Edit this line, Edit below this line and above this line). But for me personally I found that as you move through the certifications it starts to happen less and less. That is just my experience though.
As @nhcarrigan mentioned the FCC curriculum is moving to an all project based curriculum. So eventually the challenges will be replaced.
If you want to learn more you can read about it in Quincy’s post.