Oh hey there SLOG,
It's been a while! BUT the positive part of that is that there's a lot to talk about from assignment one to the quizzes and of course, the test. Many lessons learned along the way as well. Also, before getting into the details of the above mentioned things, I'd like to mention that I'm gonna start posting a link at the end of each SLOG entry to make the entry a bit more interesting! The links will either be informative, entertaining or a good mixture of the two.
I think it's safe to say that I've gotten to the point in the term where I'm starting to get tired, so I really need to start picking it up and going back to reviewing all my lectures everyday! Aside from that though, let's talk about the 236 experience:
A1 Lessons (for future me and anybody reading this): - Do NOT leave typing the proof till the day before/last day. Typing it up will take more time than expected!
- Do NOT over think things, if you are, take a look back (i.e. if you're stuck in a certain mind set, look back at your work, maybe take a good night sleep before continuing even)
Things I should keep doing : I started thinking about this assignment and the logic behind each question quite early, so I ended up spending little time on it every day and I had a good logical progression of solving each question and getting to the answer. (Dr. Heap was a lot of help when I got stuck as well :D)
Test: Lesson: When studying for the test, make sure to actually sit down and write proofs. You may read something and think you can reproduce a similar proof, but that can't be guaranteed unless you actually sit down and write another proof.
Things I should keep doing: I reviewed the material that was on the test day by day, which decreased the time required for studying for it a whole lot and made studying for it a lot easier since I knew the material relatively well by that point.
Quizzes: Lesson: Details matter!!! So don't dismiss things too quickly and make sure each step is very logical and clear, otherwise you'll be stuck with that 1/2.
Things I should keep doing: I've been reading the tutorial notes the morning of the tutorials and quickly thinking of how I would go about solving the problems. This way, the solutions aren't as novel and I don't need as much time to understand them in the tutorial, since I've thought about them before && if the solution I thought of was wrong, even better since I'd be more intrigued as to where I went wrong and how to fix it for the future!! :)
Link :
http://recursivejokes.tumblr.com
The joke I liked in that tumblr is:
A recursive light bulb joke
Q: How many twists does it take to screw in a light bulb?
A: Is it already screwed in? Then zero. If not, then twist it once, ask me again, and add 1 to my answer.
PS. I wrote this post sometime ago (15.10.2012) just forgot to publish it, so expect another post SUPER soon regarding the new assignment, the marking of assignment one the new material in class && more! :) (MUCH to talk about! :))
