I literally can’t believe that this is my second last post. Second last post guys. OMG.
Time
seems to be flying at the speed of the light. It seems like it was just
yesterday when I had begun this journey and it is already coming to an
end. As I had wrote in my earlier post about my impressions of this
class and semester in general, I expected a roller-coaster ride and that
is exactly what I got. Those hectic weeks of back to back tests and
assignments sure drained the life out of me but as long as everything
pays off in the end, it was worth every penny. Wait penny is no longer
in Canada, right? Anyways you guys get my reference.
Looking back I recall writing about being extremely nervous about those turtle examples that Danny showed in his class. Looking back I realize that I have been worried for no reason at all. Then again that’s UofT for
you, giving its students unnecessary stress. So expected. The reason I
shouldn’t have worried about those turtle exercises is because they were
never tests. Woot woot.
Even then I am thoroughly impressed that with extra effort such as
revisiting the lectures and asking my peers, I was actually able to come
to an understanding. Even though it wasn’t tested I am glad that I do
know how those examples work and I’m sure in future this knowledge may
come in handy. You never know, I mean life is just so unpredictable. Who
would have known that I would have enjoyed writing these slogs so much?
At the beginning you can see how I was really unsure and surprised as
to what I would write about, but now I feel that writing these slogs may
have improved my writing skills especially my flow.
Furthermore, I recall being nervous and excited about the transition from CSC108 and CSC148. The
transition as I believed is not much difficult if one were to review
the lecture notes and complete additional practise problems. I tried my
best to keep this habit however during few weeks (2-3), the other
courses workload took over and I had to break this habit. However, I
made sure to catch up such that I don’t fall behind. I worried about
having less programming background compared to others too but I can now
confidently say that through this course my programming skills have
evolved. In fact, I as a person has also undergone evolution in sense
that my studying habits, problem solving skills and analytical skills
have improved. Having far more assignments, quizzes, tests and labs that
I have had in any of my previous semester’s really forced me to change
my studying habits such that I started working on things very early and
even attended office hours to understand concepts that I had trouble
with.
CSC148
sure is something. In my previous post I had written that I look
forward to learning more new things as we progress in this course and I
sure was right about this one. Throughout the semester we learned
various new concepts, including object-oriented programming, recursion,
trees, and linked list. I have wrote individual blogs about each of
these so be sure to check them out if you haven’t already. I kept
repeating that the word “practice” in that slog entry, trust me when I
say this I could literally bet anything that practice had helped me tons
in this course. This is how I prepared for my term test, I redid as
many examples as I could to be confident about the material. So take my
word, “Practise leads to improvement,” quoted by moifrom real-life experiences.
If
there is something I would like to go back and change, then it would be
to tell myself that relax, everything works out in the end. As I had
wrote in my previous post about my impression so far in the course, I
stressed way too much about many things including those turtle exercise.
I even stressed a lot about the first and second tests and that stress
got to me because I made really stupid mistakes in those tests.
I
have read some of my other classmate’s slogs throughout the year
including few that I have already mentioned in my previous post but here are some others. A slogger by the internet domain Chenster also chose to revisit
the slog about impressions of the first three weeks and I was surprised
that we both share common experience. He like me also mentioned in his post that he was impressed by list compressions and also the pace
of the course. We both recall and conclude to be satisfied with our
overall experience in this course. Finally another excellent blogger is Humair, I was thoroughly improved by his slogs not only because he
thoroughly explains the concept well but also because his writing flows
very well. His post on BST insert is what I especially found interesting
as he concisely explained the concept of Binary Search Tree and and
even thoroughly explained the steps of creating the insert function for
the binary search trees. From time to time in my other post I have
mentioned those sloggers whose specific post was very well written thus
refer to that if necessary.
I
really hope that you guys had as much fun reading my slogs as much as I
had fun writing them. Although this is my second last post I want to
remain in denial that it is not almost time to say goodbye to my
wonderful readers. When you do read my next post, be sure to grab your
tissues because you will certainly experience those feels I'm only
kidding guys. Even though my next post will be my last, it does not mean
that I won't post in future, although it won't be as much as I did this
semester, I will try my very best.
Adios Amigos.
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