Hope everyone is having a pleasant holiday session. Before the end of this course, I'd like to share my experience of taking csc165.
csc165 is one of the six courses that I am taking during this semester. I would say, it's a lot of fun to spend 3 hour going to Danny's lecture every week discussing and exploring some new and interesting math problems. I think one of the greatest ideas about csc165 is that we have a grading system which is very encouraging for students to persist in this course. 3 assignments followed up by 3 tests, and 2 tutorials between every 2 tests. You final marks will be largely and mostly depend on your performance during the study. And the highest mark will have the most proportion. Students won't be too stressed out over the failure of one assignment or a test. In stead, they will try to strive for the best next time. Besides, the slog idea is fantastic! It's a brand-new experience to learn through being a blogger, which is really cool!
The best part of the slog idea for me is that it really allows me the chance to sit down and do some research about some difficult problems. Only if you really try hard to think over those problems which seem so easy at the first sight will you start to really learn something by yourself. Besides, writing blogs is an amazing idea to trace the problems and mistakes I made during the study. The problems will be so ambiguous unless they are written down as an assay. Setting down the problems and explaining the problems help to understant them better.
One of the most important thing I learn from this semester is : No matter how easy or how hard the tasks seem like, procrastination will ruin everything and get you to pay emotionally and mentally for the cost, while starting earlier and working harder will alway help you solve all kind of difficult problems. Sometimes, you just don't believe yourself. The fear of difficulty will get in your way of making things happen. Never lose you faith of your own ability.
Just as the famous quote''Man propose it, God dispose it.'' When you are really trying hard to abtain something you want, you try so hard that the whole world will revolve around you to assist you achieving the goal. The only enemy is not anyone or anything else, it lies in yourself only. The laziness, fear will take control of you when you don't have faith in yourself.
Never doubt yourself, even for a second, never!
This is what I learned from this semester's experience of taking 6 courses, and also taking csc165. It was such a great experience to have known so many classmates, professors, and TAs. I start to really understand what university is offering me -- a chance to get to know the best, and then bring out the best of yourself. Wish everyone great luck on the finals and a Merry Christmas!
Sincerely,
L.gal
