WEEK 12 SLOG~!!

     Finally, this class has come to an end. Fortunately, I did not just give up this course. In this week, the professor covered Computability and Halting Problem. Simply put, it was hard. It was exceedingly hard for me; however, I think I am the one who solely thinks that the contents covered in this course are hard. Everyone else seems to ace it easily. To be honest, I want to be like them. I want to fully understand everything so that I can get a good mark and have more confidence. Whenever I take a quiz or a test, I seem to do a little worse than the average people; therefore, I must prepare harder for the upcoming final test.

     Tutorial was yesterday and I have to say the quiz was pretty straight forward. Luckily, I was able to understand some materials, which really helped me during the quiz at the end of the tutorial. Now that everything is over, I must ace the test and pass this course. It seems like I started this course yesterday, but I cannot believe there's already an end. I will miss you all!

WEEK 10 SLOG

    To begin with, week 10 did not go well at all. The first bad thing that happened was that I was not able to understand the concepts covered in the lecture. The professor covered big-omega, and big-theta and it was so hard. This led me to ask my friends for help; however, they did not understand everything either. We were very worried but looking forward to our tutorial because we knew those concepts would be important. We had to find a way to interpret those concepts so as to do well on the final.

    Yet, tutorial did not go well. Although the T.A. was striving to introduce an easier way to teach big-omega and big-theta, I was not able to understand him. This eventually made me do terrible on my quiz at the end of the tutorial and I regret not focusing enough during the lecture. After all, this is my fault for not being able to pay much attention. Therefore, I should really start taking this course seriously.

WEEK 9 SLOG

    It is week 9 and I'm starting to feel very worried about my major. In this week, we covered
Big-Oh of polynomials, non-polynomials, and limits. I also wrote my 2nd term test and it actually went horrible. I could have prepared much better; however, the logics don't seem to work for me. Whenever I do my assignments, I can do them without having too much difficulty, but whenever I am writing a test, I get too nervous and never seem to do anything right. I probably failed the test and I might have to change my major. Although I like CSC, it is not suitable for me.

    Tutorial wasn't good either. I was not able to understand much of the contents and I realize how everything is getting so hard. I really hope to be better at learning csc 165 because I am in panic. I currently have no plans for majoring in computer science and hopefully, things will work out better in some way.

WEEK 8 SLOG!

     I can't believe it has already been 8 weeks since I started studying CSC 165. Time seems to fly super fast here and it could be because I am enjoying my life here at U of T. In this week's lecture, the professor covered counting steps, worst-cases, and formal big-Oh. The important thing I realized this week was that I am starting to feel how csc 165 isn't the hardest course after all. Although it was the toughest subject for me, I begin to realize how I can work on those problems after knowing all the concepts. I am now able to prove/disprove a given problem and it is actually pretty fun to do. On the other hand, csc 108 is getting harder and harder while I am starting to understand more about csc 165.

    This week's tutorial has went great too. Again, for like the fourth time, I think my T.A. is such a generous person for fully explaining every concept covered in class. I am one of those students who has poor a understanding in computer science, but he is a big help for me. I wish to know him more and get more help but I'm a shy person. Hopefully, by the end of the semester, I get to talk to him more often and get more help.

WEEK 7 SLOG AFTER THE TUTORIAL

     I must say that CSC 165 is getting harder and harder. In this week, we were covered sorting algorithm complexity, which I still do not fully understand. Nowadays, I feel really discouraged due to the fact that so many people in my class are all good except for me. If I could fully interpret the concept of sorting algorithm complexity, I would be very relieved. Honestly, I am starting to see myself as a student who will not be one of those computer science graduates because I have a feeling that this Computer Science Program is just not suitable for me. Everything seems very hard although I am trying to cope with all those difficulties. Yet, I must still give it a try and try my best.

    Tutorial was not easy for me this week.Although the tutorial questions seemed to be easy for me to understand, I was lost when I was encountered with the tutorial quiz at the end. I just feel worse now and I think I should take a short break and focus harder. The assignment 2 is out and I must get a good mark because it is my goal. I will strive for a good mark.

WEEK 6 SLOG

    I have been really busy with exams for the past few days. Luckily, this week's lecture was only 2 hours long and I was very excited. During the lecture, we covered cases, multiple quantifiers and limits. I was very worried about the lecture that day because I found proving very difficult. I learned about proving non-boolean functions, proving that something is false, and proving limits. We were introduced with a new thing called " a floor of x". I was honestly very confused and did not understand everything. Although I was able to follow with the lecture mostly, I have to say that it was very hard.

    As always, the tutorial really helped me out. I think my T.A. is a very good help for me. He understands the fact that many people like me are struggling in CSC 165; therefore, he is always willing to go over everything slowly and thoroughly. The quiz went pretty well and I hope to do well in next week's lecture and tutorial as we are finishing proving next week.

WEEK 5 SLOG

    This week has gone super fast and I believe it is because I had my first term test of my university life. I was extremely nervous because I heard tests here in U of T are harder than I would expect. Although I studied really hard working on the professor's past term tests, the test was challenging. One reason being that was because I was not able to manage my time well. I was eventually rushing through the test, not being able to thoroughly examine my own solutions. After writing the test, I have to be honest and say that I was not able to pay attention to the followed lecture. My mind was indulged with the thought of failing CSC 165 and I became more nervous. I desire to pass this course.

    Luckily, even though I was not able to pay attention to the lecture, the upcoming tutorial was a great help. Our class worked on proving and I was able to understand what was happening. I'm also glad that the quizzes would now be marked less strictly. I found my last week's quiz hard to solve, but I'm glad I can get partial marks now. One thing I found out yesterday was that I need to start focusing on my lectures so as to do well in the tutorial and term tests. I wish to improve more.