In case you're talking to me, the answer is no. I'm a Computer Science student that actually knwos math

you are correct. that part is redundant. also, one can terminate the program after the first text case and not even test for the second

Something like if (word==true) { ... } when the variable word is itself a boolean is redundant - you can just write if (word) { ... }

Edit: Ignore me if you were questioning the statement "don't use...", didn't take your meaning first at first read

I do agree there is alot wrong with this code. But what do you mean with "don't use the boolean property of the parameter"?

VERY slow? How is this very slow?

This is VERY slow. You do 2 checks, have too many curly braces, don't use the boolean property of the parameter etc.

You don't need the curly braces. Nice solution.

Same goes for mine.