Has anyone ever heard of a someone who has just started learning to drive manual and has stalled so many times that the next day the check engine light came on?

All the jerking around may have jolted a sensor wire loose,go have it scanned.

Bring it to Autozone and have the error codes read. No way of knowing until then.

the car needs a vagtech system scan it from rosstech. So take it to a vw or audi certified shop. They will only work on vw an audis this will be how you know there specialization.