CSC236: Week 1
Well, I have successfully survived week one of classes despite this class being ridiculously early. Unfortunately, I also have an annoying one hour gap between this class and CSC207 that leaves me stranded in the Bahen Centre where I am tempted to spend my hard earned summer savings on overpriced caffeinated beverages.
So far I have managed to make every class on time. I really have no excuse for sleeping in and missing class considering: one, I live in res and two, I somehow managed to wake up on time every morning during the summer to go work as a tech support agent at a call center. And quite frankly, this class is far more interesting than telling people to restart their computer all day.
The class seems to essentially be a continuation of CSC165 which is a good thing. I was also happy to see a similar marking scheme to 165 so I have hope of bringing the good ol' GPA up (or atleast making up for MAT237). As well, I thoroughly enjoy the use of the tablet. It's generally really clear and easy to read. Although sometimes the writing on it can get a little messy it's far more legible than some of my other profs (anyone in the day section of STA257 can confirm this).
Another positive point, I like how we have small problem sets every week (we don't have a test/major assignment) that keep me from falling behind and cramming before tests but are small enough that I don't feel like I'm going to be drowning in work every week. Oh and having our assignments posted early is nice as well.
My goal for this class is going to be not to fall behind like I did last year. I'm going to try to have some sort of regular schedule for this instead of trying to do two months worth of updates in one sitting in a desperate attempt to rack up some marks before the end of term. So my list of things to do today:
1. start slog (done)
2. review course notes
3. problem set #1
4. start MAT237 homework
Now to resist spending all my time trying to figure out a way to embed my list of things to do on my iCal onto this blog instead of actually completing my assignments...
So far I have managed to make every class on time. I really have no excuse for sleeping in and missing class considering: one, I live in res and two, I somehow managed to wake up on time every morning during the summer to go work as a tech support agent at a call center. And quite frankly, this class is far more interesting than telling people to restart their computer all day.
The class seems to essentially be a continuation of CSC165 which is a good thing. I was also happy to see a similar marking scheme to 165 so I have hope of bringing the good ol' GPA up (or atleast making up for MAT237). As well, I thoroughly enjoy the use of the tablet. It's generally really clear and easy to read. Although sometimes the writing on it can get a little messy it's far more legible than some of my other profs (anyone in the day section of STA257 can confirm this).
Another positive point, I like how we have small problem sets every week (we don't have a test/major assignment) that keep me from falling behind and cramming before tests but are small enough that I don't feel like I'm going to be drowning in work every week. Oh and having our assignments posted early is nice as well.
My goal for this class is going to be not to fall behind like I did last year. I'm going to try to have some sort of regular schedule for this instead of trying to do two months worth of updates in one sitting in a desperate attempt to rack up some marks before the end of term. So my list of things to do today:
1. start slog (done)
2. review course notes
3. problem set #1
4. start MAT237 homework
Now to resist spending all my time trying to figure out a way to embed my list of things to do on my iCal onto this blog instead of actually completing my assignments...
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