The due date of PP1 played out like this: wake up in a procrastination hangover. Speed over to Robarts to plow through the assignment. Realize I am completely lost and need help. Wander the Bahen center in hopes of meeting a friendly helper. Find such person! Feel increasing inadequate as a first-year Computer Science student tries to explain random-adjacent. Huddle outside office hours with other confused students in PP Purgatory. Admit defeat and turn the damn thing in...
So the whole thing turned out to be an ordeal. I'm a 3rd year student and can say that in my past UofT experience, I rarely struggle this helplessly with the material (given reasonable effort). I've been doing well on weekly tests and got an A- on the midterm (haven't seen Test 2) so I thought that the PP1 would come relatively easily. In isolation, I understand the functions including their purpose and implementation, but it seems like integrating the course work and the interactions between functions is tricky.
I've just begun sorting through PP2. At first glance it actually seems much more accessible than the previous assignment. The fact that I am able to view the content being manipulated (the poems) means that I can see exactly how the function is working/not working. The first PP was less tangible in this way. Similarly the concepts regarding what the functions purpose is, is much clearer. In the first PP, I needed to mentally represent the maze space and then imagine how the function would operate. Working with words is much easier for me than working with numbers! Hence why I am a Psychology/Cog Sci major...
I'll definitely be getting a head start this time around, I think I've learned my lesson this semester. Will return with updates
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