in school!!!
This post is just about my courses and notes to myself on how to do well in each one of them. So don't keep reading if this will bore you.
This term I tried to get all my assignments and studying done during the weekdays so I could have time to play on the weekends, but I got sick during the first week and the profs already started to pile on the work. So it looks like I won't be able to do that until I get caught up.
Physics: Every school term I realize the same thing; I need to read the textbook and do sample problems for physics BEFORE trying to attempt the assignment problems. But I never do that. I always just skip to the assignment and try to complete it without "wasting time" reading the textbook and reviewing / actually understanding what I'm trying to do. Silly me. Only crazy people do the same thing multiple times while expecting different results.
Strategy: read chapter ahead of time. go to class. seriously. do textbook examples, then try assignment problems
Calculus: For calculus I don't understand the prof in class because of his accent and he his notes are everywhere. So I have to wait until the tutorial for the TA to clearly state the steps and explain what we're doing. Too bad the TA only does this right before our weekly quizzes such that I usually just barely understand enough from the TA's review to do the quiz... and even then I only get half of the questions. I guess the strategy for this would be to try and understand the assignment and then use the TA's review as a confirmation or to get hints on how to solve things faster. Then I can do well on the quizzes (although they aren't worth much) and then understand everything for the exams.
Strategy: go to class. ask questions. do assignment problems. go to tutorials. review quiz solutions.
Programming: For this programming course, we're learning Java, but I missed the first tutorial on the code, so I hope I won't be too lost. It seems similar to previous languages I've learned, so it should be ok. However, we're learning about data structures and algorithms as well, to be able to have or analyze programs to see if they are efficient and good... strange and abstract concepts so I'm not sure how they're going to test us on this...
Strategy: read textbook. go to class.
Materials Chemistry: So far seems pretty much just memorization of properties and knowing a few calculations. Doesn't seem too hard. I just need to get a printer or find a way to cheaply print out the slides since the prof leaves some parts blank so that we pay attention in class... I thought we were in university... CHEM SO RUSTY!! Haven't touched this stuff in a year and I feel like I need to look back at my grade 12 chem notes... oh my...
Strategy: read textbook. print slides. go to class & fill out slides. do assignments.
Design: So far it's just pretty much like common sense, or remembering concepts and terminology. There's this book I have to read about how technology and society affect one another... some parts are interesting, others aren't.
Strategy: read textbook. go to class.
I need to start sleeping earlier like a regular person so that I can wake up and go to my morning classes. Every morning I wake up and I ask myself, "What class do I have? Can I learn the material on my own? Will I make it on time? Should I even bother?" the answer: GO TO CLASS
AHHHH!!!! if i want to pass this term and do well (80+) I really need to go to class. all of them. The only thing is that my profs are kind of hard to understand and boring... and I tend to fall asleep... but being there is better than doing nothing and lazing around... at least there's a chance I can learn something! + it will make it easier for me when I do my reviews later since I'll remember some things.
I'm starting to read Job today. The introduction tells me to read one speech by Job or a speech by Job and the response from a friend at one time. So if the chapters don't align with the speeches, then I'll just mark it down here so I know where I left off.
Job 1&2 today, they provide the background for the rest of the book.
This post is just about my courses and notes to myself on how to do well in each one of them. So don't keep reading if this will bore you.
This term I tried to get all my assignments and studying done during the weekdays so I could have time to play on the weekends, but I got sick during the first week and the profs already started to pile on the work. So it looks like I won't be able to do that until I get caught up.
Physics: Every school term I realize the same thing; I need to read the textbook and do sample problems for physics BEFORE trying to attempt the assignment problems. But I never do that. I always just skip to the assignment and try to complete it without "wasting time" reading the textbook and reviewing / actually understanding what I'm trying to do. Silly me. Only crazy people do the same thing multiple times while expecting different results.
Strategy: read chapter ahead of time. go to class. seriously. do textbook examples, then try assignment problems
Calculus: For calculus I don't understand the prof in class because of his accent and he his notes are everywhere. So I have to wait until the tutorial for the TA to clearly state the steps and explain what we're doing. Too bad the TA only does this right before our weekly quizzes such that I usually just barely understand enough from the TA's review to do the quiz... and even then I only get half of the questions. I guess the strategy for this would be to try and understand the assignment and then use the TA's review as a confirmation or to get hints on how to solve things faster. Then I can do well on the quizzes (although they aren't worth much) and then understand everything for the exams.
Strategy: go to class. ask questions. do assignment problems. go to tutorials. review quiz solutions.
Programming: For this programming course, we're learning Java, but I missed the first tutorial on the code, so I hope I won't be too lost. It seems similar to previous languages I've learned, so it should be ok. However, we're learning about data structures and algorithms as well, to be able to have or analyze programs to see if they are efficient and good... strange and abstract concepts so I'm not sure how they're going to test us on this...
Strategy: read textbook. go to class.
Materials Chemistry: So far seems pretty much just memorization of properties and knowing a few calculations. Doesn't seem too hard. I just need to get a printer or find a way to cheaply print out the slides since the prof leaves some parts blank so that we pay attention in class... I thought we were in university... CHEM SO RUSTY!! Haven't touched this stuff in a year and I feel like I need to look back at my grade 12 chem notes... oh my...
Strategy: read textbook. print slides. go to class & fill out slides. do assignments.
Design: So far it's just pretty much like common sense, or remembering concepts and terminology. There's this book I have to read about how technology and society affect one another... some parts are interesting, others aren't.
Strategy: read textbook. go to class.
I need to start sleeping earlier like a regular person so that I can wake up and go to my morning classes. Every morning I wake up and I ask myself, "What class do I have? Can I learn the material on my own? Will I make it on time? Should I even bother?" the answer: GO TO CLASS
AHHHH!!!! if i want to pass this term and do well (80+) I really need to go to class. all of them. The only thing is that my profs are kind of hard to understand and boring... and I tend to fall asleep... but being there is better than doing nothing and lazing around... at least there's a chance I can learn something! + it will make it easier for me when I do my reviews later since I'll remember some things.
I'm starting to read Job today. The introduction tells me to read one speech by Job or a speech by Job and the response from a friend at one time. So if the chapters don't align with the speeches, then I'll just mark it down here so I know where I left off.
Job 1&2 today, they provide the background for the rest of the book.
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