Test 1 Results

Not a fail, but not above average. I was quite disappointed with my mark, seeing as how I walked out of that room positive that I would get an 80% at the lowest. But I guess that goes to show that I should read my email properly. I had prepared a printed cheatsheet, and at the last few moments before the test began was when I had learned that the cheatsheet had to be handwritten. So of course, being the honest man that I am, I folded up my cheatsheet, put it in my bag, sucked it up, and wrote the test. I'm starting to really worry about my marks in this course, as I'm finding the assignments tough as well. It's hard to stay positive, and I'm trying to become realistic. This meaning I'm aiming for a pass right now. I still have a few days before part 1 of the second assignment is due, so I still have time to get my mark up. I'm currently reading the handout for the lab in order to get a good understanding of it before my lab comes up. I'm not that discouraged, but I really have to step it up.

Until we meet again,

-Chocolate Shoulders

Midterm Studying

Long time no see blog.

In two days I'm going to be writing the midterm for this course. Am I worried? Sorta. We've been given the chance to bring a two-sided cheat sheet in for the test, which sounds great, but it's probably not. Because of past experience, I have mixed feelings. The test is always irrelevant from what I thought would be on the test, and renders my cheat sheet useless. Also, the test only has four questions if my memory is right, so that probably means it's going to be the hardest four questions ever. I mean, the material so far has been manageable, but I tend to underestimate tests and end up eating dirt. 

But I've also been thinking optimistically. With all this hard work going into the making of this cheat sheet, maybe that's my gain. All the information I'm trying to get printed on this piece of paper is gradually getting imprinted into my brain. All the information I thought I absolutely needed to write down in order to have a chance at this test is pretty much in my head already. Maybe that was the reason for giving us a cheat sheet. 
Touché.

Object-Oriented Programming

So far in class, we've really been focusing on object-oriented programming. We create objects with classes, and these objects can perform methods. We've created classes such as a Stack, a Queue, and even a dog toy for our first exercise.

I'm enjoying it so far, but that's probably only because we haven't gotten to the hard part of the course. The one thing I always forget though is that while I'm dealing with the class's methods, I usually leave it out the 'self' parameter, returning me with errors. The first time I made that mistake, it took me a couple minutes just to realize what I've done. I guess what I can do to fix this problem is to just practice creating classes.

One of my achievements this week was finishing my tutorial quickly. Although my partner was really experienced with coding and was breezing through the parts where he was the driver, it didn't take me that long to do my half as the driver also. I kept up for the most part, and I'm pretty proud of that.