Missing last friday

I had missed last Friday because my wisdom teeth were coming in. I didn't actually get them removed, but we got everything set up. Unfortunately, because we move pretty quick in Comp-Sci, I feel like I missed some really important stuff. Additionally, I think I may have saved over two of my previous labs because I didn't save them into a place where they wouldn't be overwritten when I copied the new APCS folder in. I am definitely going to go in for tutoring some times this coming week to finish the labs and get up to speed because I do feel rather behind. Other than that, I am doing pretty badass in school. Very happy about that.

More AP Comp Sci

One thing I ought to talk to Mr. Stephens about, is a problem Luigi and I have been having with the most recent lab. 02C I think, or something like that. In any case, the lab involves finding the perimeter of a rectangle and the surface area of a square. For some reason, after having done the lab ourselves individually, no matter what the width and height are, the perimeter is always displayed as zero. We even edited our code to look like Graham's and it still didn't work. Other than that though, I am not having any trouble with the class. The workload isn't excessive and the lectures are well presented. I still feel like I don't really know where the class is going, making every new day an adventure, which is nice because it isn't boring, but also worrying because I have very little prior knowledge for which to fall back on. It does keep me from slacking off though.

On a rather unrelated note, I have been watching the republican debates recently, and while I am rather indifferent to Perry and Romney, Cain, Paul and Huntsman all look like great candidates to me. Too bad they won't win... *sigh*

AP CompSci

After 2 weeks of Advanced Placement Computer Science, I feel rather comfortable with the class. Having taken a Programming in Java class in middle school, much of what we are doing feels somewhat familiar. Strangely, part of me feels like we are moving too fast and that I am struggling to keep up, despite the fact that I am not having trouble. This might be because of all the new concepts that I feel are being introduced very quickly, as opposed to my other classes which seem to be content to advance at the pace of sloths. I am definitely learning things in a short period of time, which is good, and I don't really feel lost in the instruction, though I do sometimes feel a little less informed than some of the people who have more experience in programming. This hasn't really been a problem yet as what we are learning isn't terribly hard to grasp. I ramble a lot.