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flyingpig
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Computer Science for beginners, or so I thought...
I used to (at least for a month) to be competent in the subject, then the midterm came and I shook my head as I read the numbers on my score. To "encourage" us, the professor told us the average for this course is usually 60% (I got 55%...) and has the highest drop-out rate in any other course.
The course focuses mainly on JAVA and the book we use is JAVA software solutions (6e) foundations of program designs (LEWIS & LOFTUS)
Now I really tried reading it, I got through the first few chapters fine, but as it progresses, it was nearly unreadable. Like I feel like I actually have to be a computer to understand all the jargons and random diagrams they put in the book.
Now i browse around the forum for a while and I realize at least two programming languages must be mastered if I want to ever become a mathematican or physicist.
What should I do? My upperclassmen tell me if I can't even get through this, then I should consider changing majors and they did tell me the course is hard.
Thank you for reading.
I used to (at least for a month) to be competent in the subject, then the midterm came and I shook my head as I read the numbers on my score. To "encourage" us, the professor told us the average for this course is usually 60% (I got 55%...) and has the highest drop-out rate in any other course.
The course focuses mainly on JAVA and the book we use is JAVA software solutions (6e) foundations of program designs (LEWIS & LOFTUS)
Now I really tried reading it, I got through the first few chapters fine, but as it progresses, it was nearly unreadable. Like I feel like I actually have to be a computer to understand all the jargons and random diagrams they put in the book.
Now i browse around the forum for a while and I realize at least two programming languages must be mastered if I want to ever become a mathematican or physicist.
What should I do? My upperclassmen tell me if I can't even get through this, then I should consider changing majors and they did tell me the course is hard.
Thank you for reading.