week 2

There are still two lectures in this week due to the labor day. I am not feeling so comfortable, or say, not so accustomed to the class style in U.S.

The professor spoke a little faster than the speed that I could catch every important point. So I missed requirements of how to prepare quizzes. Now I know we should do enough preparations of reading assignments before quizzes. Wish I could do better next week. I also misunderstood what the professor said in the part of git. So I wrote the answer of 1.a,1.b to 1.b,1.c respectively. What a shame! Do practice my listening every time!

I am also a little confused about how will the class continue. It is already two weeks but the professor discussed nothing about object-oriented or how to code in C++. Another reason why I am confused is that, as a graduate student who takes this undergrad course, I have no idea about the prerequisites listed in the course homepage. Also, there are too many required courses. So I don't know what level my classmates are in.  I am wondering about are they be familiar with Java already? Are they even already know C++ very well? According to the responses when students answered questions, they seemed to be quite good at Java and C++. Then what is supposed to be learnt in this course?

However, I really appreciate the professor's patience. We already spent too much time discussing our first project, and it may continue next week. By asking many questions and explaining them, the professor made us very familiar with the project. As a result, it would be easier for us to complete our first task. I also learnt much knowledge during those question-answer sections.

William Vickery, as a student, gave us a great presentation about git. He was a little nervous. But I liked it very much because the talk was presented from a perspective of student. He knew what we are eagle to know at beginning. The slide is easier to understand than any other reference or manual.

In a word, I am falling a little behind the class now. I need to do more preparation work before class. Good luck to myself.