I'm a great believer in luck and I find the harder I work, the more I have of it.
No Mr.Arkin again. Awww... Sadly, he will not be here tomorrow as well. I look forward to seeing him on Thursday and that he is feeling better.
In class, it was basically the same story. We got to our desks and started working on our substrings assignments right away. I was able to finish a lot more this class. I am also hoping to get some more done tonight so that I am on track and ahead on the train to success. I look forward to our lesson on substrings because it actually looks pretty easy but interesting. I was able to understand more of what the substrings page meant as I worked through my assignments. The page is really helping me out. I am also studying for the test every night to prepare myself.
Sorry blog readers, I have to go because tonight is my family's movie night so my dad is almost here with the movie and pizza so I have to go. We are watching the new Tom Cruis movie "Knight and Day". Bye!!!
Tuesday, November 30, 2010
Monday, November 29, 2010
Not much to say
Be a wonderful role model because you will be the window through which many children will see their future
Thomas Mckinnon
Today, there is not much to comment on because there was no lesson, no talking and no Mr.Arkin. It did not seem the same without him, of course.
Our class, was very organised which I am happy to say. Our class already knew what we had to do today with the guest teacher so we were ready to work. All we did the whole class, was start our work on our substrings assignments right when we walked into the class. We were asked to read the substrings information section on the touque.ca website and to start working on the assignments. There are so many! I don't know how I will finish. But, I know I will! I have hope! It took me a while to actually understand the concept of substrings so I did not get much done during class. But, I am going to try and get some of the work done tonight instead hopefully. .
I am at the library right now so as you may know the public library does not have the Turing program installed. So, I am going to have to wait to go home and start working. I am also studying (reviewing) my notes tonight to prepare myself for the test coming up this week. I hope all goes well with the test. I am going to try and study as much as I can and as hard as I can because I really would like to get a good mark for this programming test. I didn't do very good on the last test so I would like to do much better this time.
For homework, we are asked to continue or progress on the substrings assignment. Mr.Arkin told us that he may not be at school tomorrow, so he wanted us to respect the teacher once again. I am going to now go check the daily log and Mr.Arkin's blog so that I can start to get some info on what will be going on tomorrow. I am also going to start studying before I have to leave because I really love the library. It is just so quit here and I just love how it is a great environment. I would like to take advantage of this and study as much as I can here so good bye all my blog readers. Good night!
Thomas Mckinnon
Today, there is not much to comment on because there was no lesson, no talking and no Mr.Arkin. It did not seem the same without him, of course.
Our class, was very organised which I am happy to say. Our class already knew what we had to do today with the guest teacher so we were ready to work. All we did the whole class, was start our work on our substrings assignments right when we walked into the class. We were asked to read the substrings information section on the touque.ca website and to start working on the assignments. There are so many! I don't know how I will finish. But, I know I will! I have hope! It took me a while to actually understand the concept of substrings so I did not get much done during class. But, I am going to try and get some of the work done tonight instead hopefully. .
I am at the library right now so as you may know the public library does not have the Turing program installed. So, I am going to have to wait to go home and start working. I am also studying (reviewing) my notes tonight to prepare myself for the test coming up this week. I hope all goes well with the test. I am going to try and study as much as I can and as hard as I can because I really would like to get a good mark for this programming test. I didn't do very good on the last test so I would like to do much better this time.
For homework, we are asked to continue or progress on the substrings assignment. Mr.Arkin told us that he may not be at school tomorrow, so he wanted us to respect the teacher once again. I am going to now go check the daily log and Mr.Arkin's blog so that I can start to get some info on what will be going on tomorrow. I am also going to start studying before I have to leave because I really love the library. It is just so quit here and I just love how it is a great environment. I would like to take advantage of this and study as much as I can here so good bye all my blog readers. Good night!
Saturday, November 27, 2010
Show off your talent
“A magician makes the visible invisible. A mime maks the invisble visible.”
Sorry, my blog is late but I wasn't even at home yesterday so I did not get the chance to blog. But, I am home today to blog.
On Friday, as usual Studio 218 was the presented by the mime. We all heard the music ... that was going in our heads and the little kids outside playing at the playground. The sound of crying ... ahhhh ... how refreshing!!!
On Friday, we had a Turing show off where Mr.Arkin gave us the oppurtunity to show off any programs that we created that we thought was really cool. At first, nobody raised their hand up but later Andres raised his hand up and volunteered. While he got his program ready, Mr.Arkin showed us a cool program he created which is a game. It is kind of like hangman but much cooler. Personally, I really liked it. Mr.Arkin mentioned how our culmiative activity is like this where we have to create a game. For the rest of the class, we were given the oppurtunity to work on our assignments and making them better. I was able to polish all of my input assigments and print them out. Yay!
For homework, we have to clean up and catch up on all of our assignment which include every single one of assignments so that it's nice and clean. As well, we should start studying for our upcoming test next week. From what I have heard people are already starting so I should get going. Bye!
Sorry, my blog is late but I wasn't even at home yesterday so I did not get the chance to blog. But, I am home today to blog.
On Friday, as usual Studio 218 was the presented by the mime. We all heard the music ... that was going in our heads and the little kids outside playing at the playground. The sound of crying ... ahhhh ... how refreshing!!!
On Friday, we had a Turing show off where Mr.Arkin gave us the oppurtunity to show off any programs that we created that we thought was really cool. At first, nobody raised their hand up but later Andres raised his hand up and volunteered. While he got his program ready, Mr.Arkin showed us a cool program he created which is a game. It is kind of like hangman but much cooler. Personally, I really liked it. Mr.Arkin mentioned how our culmiative activity is like this where we have to create a game. For the rest of the class, we were given the oppurtunity to work on our assignments and making them better. I was able to polish all of my input assigments and print them out. Yay!
For homework, we have to clean up and catch up on all of our assignment which include every single one of assignments so that it's nice and clean. As well, we should start studying for our upcoming test next week. From what I have heard people are already starting so I should get going. Bye!
Thursday, November 25, 2010
Success 101
"The person who gets the farthest is generally the one who is willing to do and dare. The sure-thing boat never gets far from shore."
-Dale Carnegie
As you may all know, Mahak and I are very good friends and according to Mahak we are in our first fight (no we're not, trust me, it is just her way of fun!). She isn't talking to me. I am really sad so I would like to keep it on the down low.
Today, we learned about the three skills of being successful programmers and how to achieve each of these skills or even improve them. I actually took the advice very seriously and I am going to use it to improve before our test next class and for the rest of the course and I have a feeling it will be helpful later as well with other courses.
We also looked at alternative ways to do repetition 8 so that it is easier to understand for both the programmer and the computer. Even by changing the order of the if statements, you can give the computer an easier time with processing the work. There were so many different alternative ways I didn't even notice. Wow!
For the rest of the period we were given more class time to catch- up and work on all of our assignments to get ourselves ready for the test next week. For homework, all we have to do is catch-up on all our work. I am about to go to the library so I have to go. I have been waiting for a while and bugging my mom so much to take us so I have to go. Oh no! She is putting on her shoes. Bye!!!!
-Dale Carnegie
As you may all know, Mahak and I are very good friends and according to Mahak we are in our first fight (no we're not, trust me, it is just her way of fun!). She isn't talking to me. I am really sad so I would like to keep it on the down low.
Today, we learned about the three skills of being successful programmers and how to achieve each of these skills or even improve them. I actually took the advice very seriously and I am going to use it to improve before our test next class and for the rest of the course and I have a feeling it will be helpful later as well with other courses.
We also looked at alternative ways to do repetition 8 so that it is easier to understand for both the programmer and the computer. Even by changing the order of the if statements, you can give the computer an easier time with processing the work. There were so many different alternative ways I didn't even notice. Wow!
For the rest of the period we were given more class time to catch- up and work on all of our assignments to get ourselves ready for the test next week. For homework, all we have to do is catch-up on all our work. I am about to go to the library so I have to go. I have been waiting for a while and bugging my mom so much to take us so I have to go. Oh no! She is putting on her shoes. Bye!!!!
Wednesday, November 24, 2010
Catch-up and polish
"The philosophy of the school room in one generation will be the philosophy of teh government in the next."
-Abraham Lincoln
Happy Birthday Mr.Arkin! I look forward to your other birthday ( the Cristian calendar one)!
Wow! We got out report cards today! I have an 83% average which is good enough for me. I am satisfied but I am going to try and improve as much as I can and work hard. I would like to improve for the semester report card because that is more important.
Today in class, we learned about arrays. It is really cool actually. They are not like the ones you learn about in math. They are like sub values stored under one name. So, you could have a hundred numbers stored under the name variable. We learned how to use that today, to know how it would help in creating a better receipt. I was confused at first but then I understood after Mr.Arkin got into more details!
For the rest of the class, we were given time to work on the computers. Mr.Arkin told us that we should have all of our assignments which includes input, selection and repetition fo Monday (or was it Friday?). We will be given class time for the whole week to work on it. I am looking forward to polishing all my work. This also happens to be our homework for tonight. At the end of the class, we learned about how to say "Happy Birthday Mr.Arkin" in Hibru. It was really cool! I actually caught onto it fast because it wasn't that hard. We also got lollipops in honour of Mr.Arkin's birthday!
Wish you a Happy Birthday Mr.Arkin! Have a good day everyone!
-Abraham Lincoln
Happy Birthday Mr.Arkin! I look forward to your other birthday ( the Cristian calendar one)!
Wow! We got out report cards today! I have an 83% average which is good enough for me. I am satisfied but I am going to try and improve as much as I can and work hard. I would like to improve for the semester report card because that is more important.
Today in class, we learned about arrays. It is really cool actually. They are not like the ones you learn about in math. They are like sub values stored under one name. So, you could have a hundred numbers stored under the name variable. We learned how to use that today, to know how it would help in creating a better receipt. I was confused at first but then I understood after Mr.Arkin got into more details!
For the rest of the class, we were given time to work on the computers. Mr.Arkin told us that we should have all of our assignments which includes input, selection and repetition fo Monday (or was it Friday?). We will be given class time for the whole week to work on it. I am looking forward to polishing all my work. This also happens to be our homework for tonight. At the end of the class, we learned about how to say "Happy Birthday Mr.Arkin" in Hibru. It was really cool! I actually caught onto it fast because it wasn't that hard. We also got lollipops in honour of Mr.Arkin's birthday!
Wish you a Happy Birthday Mr.Arkin! Have a good day everyone!
Tuesday, November 23, 2010
I am an independant worker!
"I abhor grades - if a child does his best, that's all that she be asked."
-Richard Dawson
Mr.Arkin posted up the marks for the printer comparison assignment today! I got two level 3's and two level 4's. I am proud even so that I got such a mark. It is pretty good! I was surprised and happy for Mahak because she recieved full marks for hers. Congrats! The period today was pretty much all work because at the beginning of the class, we just went over the test and Mr.Arkin gave us some pointers and tips from what he noticed during the marking process. After, that we just had a working period to work on repetition number 12 while Mr.Arkin called up some of us to discuss the modified repetition assignment 8 we handed in to him. For homework, we just need to finish repetition 12 which I already finished in class and some of the students such as myself were allowed to make changes to their modified assignment 8. I just need to make a few minor corrections. I sprained my finger today in gym and I can't even move it! Luckily, it is my left index finger which is better than if it were my right. It hurts like crazy so I do not wish to type too much today! Have a great day everyone!
-Richard Dawson
Mr.Arkin posted up the marks for the printer comparison assignment today! I got two level 3's and two level 4's. I am proud even so that I got such a mark. It is pretty good! I was surprised and happy for Mahak because she recieved full marks for hers. Congrats! The period today was pretty much all work because at the beginning of the class, we just went over the test and Mr.Arkin gave us some pointers and tips from what he noticed during the marking process. After, that we just had a working period to work on repetition number 12 while Mr.Arkin called up some of us to discuss the modified repetition assignment 8 we handed in to him. For homework, we just need to finish repetition 12 which I already finished in class and some of the students such as myself were allowed to make changes to their modified assignment 8. I just need to make a few minor corrections. I sprained my finger today in gym and I can't even move it! Luckily, it is my left index finger which is better than if it were my right. It hurts like crazy so I do not wish to type too much today! Have a great day everyone!
Monday, November 22, 2010
Work as much as you can!
"If A equals success, then the formula is A equals X plus Y and Z, with X being work, Y play and Z keeping your mouth shut!"
-Albert Einstein
Did everyone have a good long weekend?
I had an okay one until Sunday. But, it's alright! We handed in our printer comparisson assignments today which is what I believe most of us were working on the entire long weekend. I am pretty satisfied with mine except that my links are kind of hard to read. I wonder if this goes for Term 1 or Term 2. Does anyone know?
We didn't do much in class today! On the fun part, Mahak and I spent a lot of the class singing Christmas carols even though it is not even December yet. We were still working effeciently though! I learned I need to keep my mouth shut like Einstein's quote because I probably would have been able to get more work done that way!
We walked in and Mr.Arkin asked us to hand in our modified repetition assignment 8. It is a good thing I had it printed out. Yay! Fiuff! (wiping off sweat) But, when I got home today and started working on my other assignments and I noticed an error. But, oh well, it has been done and there is nothing I can do because Mr.Arkin will be marking this assignment. Awwww....
The rest of the period was a work period where we were allowed to just work and catch-up. Our homework was to finish repetition assignments #9-#11 which I finished in class. Yay! This is exactly why I have almost no homework tonight except french which is okay because I took french extended. It is really easy now! But, somehow I'm obtaining only a 91 average. Awww...
Well, I am done almost all my homework so I am going to turn off soon. I have had a terrible day full of fright and anxiety which several of my friends understand what I am going through. I just want to go to sleep and get it all out of my head for a couple of hours.
Good day everyone!
Thursday, November 18, 2010
This is going to be a long long weekend!
Weekends are a bit like rainbows; they look good from a distance but disappear when you get up close to them.
~John Shirley
(My new thing now is writing quotes!)
Wow! This quote explains so much about what is going on in my head right now! I was looking forward to this weekend for ages now because I wanted to accomplish so much and do so much work and get ahead of everyone but it's the day before the long weekend and the good has disapeared.
Today in class, we did a Questions Arising session but there were no questions at all. Wow! After, that Mr.Arkin explained to us how for the rest of the period we would mainly be on the computer and working. He said that he would call us in partners throughout the period to see what we were able to do last night for homework. But, I think that he forgot because he hasn't called anyone yet. He then assigned us a new HTML assignment which is what broke my heart. It is called "Printer comparisson". It looks like so much work to be accomplished over the weekend. I don't know how I will finish and when. I am hoping to do a lot tomorrow and finish at least half of my work so that I can finish the other half on Saturday. I am going to try and manage my time as wisely as I can. I want to do a lot this weekend and I have the ability to. Pray that nothing more wil come up from my other classes to make my weekend more time consuming. But, I guess that is what I.B is all about ( I don't blame you Mr.Arkin, you are just doing your job)! Our assignment is to compare which printer is best for a student that would need it for all four years of high school. This should be very interesting! Even though, I am dissapointed that I will be having a lot of work, I am still kind of excited to see how it goes. Yay!Homework:
~John Shirley
(My new thing now is writing quotes!)
Wow! This quote explains so much about what is going on in my head right now! I was looking forward to this weekend for ages now because I wanted to accomplish so much and do so much work and get ahead of everyone but it's the day before the long weekend and the good has disapeared.
Today in class, we did a Questions Arising session but there were no questions at all. Wow! After, that Mr.Arkin explained to us how for the rest of the period we would mainly be on the computer and working. He said that he would call us in partners throughout the period to see what we were able to do last night for homework. But, I think that he forgot because he hasn't called anyone yet. He then assigned us a new HTML assignment which is what broke my heart. It is called "Printer comparisson". It looks like so much work to be accomplished over the weekend. I don't know how I will finish and when. I am hoping to do a lot tomorrow and finish at least half of my work so that I can finish the other half on Saturday. I am going to try and manage my time as wisely as I can. I want to do a lot this weekend and I have the ability to. Pray that nothing more wil come up from my other classes to make my weekend more time consuming. But, I guess that is what I.B is all about ( I don't blame you Mr.Arkin, you are just doing your job)! Our assignment is to compare which printer is best for a student that would need it for all four years of high school. This should be very interesting! Even though, I am dissapointed that I will be having a lot of work, I am still kind of excited to see how it goes. Yay!- blog
- repetition assignment 8- modified
- printer comparison assignment
Wednesday, November 17, 2010
Champion!
"The difference between a successful person and others is not a lack of strength, not a lack of knowledge, but rather in a lack of will."
-Vincent T. Lombardi
Today I came out as a champion! Mr.Arkin asked us to trade our repetition assignment #6 with a partner. We had to do a code analysis and desk check our partners assignment. I corrected Mahak's and she did pretty good so I did not have much to correct. After we finished doing this, Mr.Arkin asked us to make a good copy of the assignment with all the changes. We had to print it out and keep it in our binder for future reference. We then could just fix up our assignments and continue our progress on the rest of our repetition assignments. I am proud of myself and I think that this quote represents the Computer Science period I had today very well. I had the will and determination to finish as much as I can and not have as mcuh homework because I have to study for a big test and I am feeling kind of sick so I wanted to sleep early tonight.
I came out as a champion for finishing half of my homework. I would be done more but for number 8 I did it without the mod so I now have to change it and correct it. I am done number 7 but I need to do the modified version of it. Other than that I am done all my Computer homework. I am hoping to finish a lot tonight so I have to go! Bye blog readers! Have a good day!
Tuesday, November 16, 2010
What do you think?
Yes, we were asked today in class by Mr.Arkin what we think!
Today, in class, the first thing we were asked to do was to log on and come and take a sit. Once we did this, Mr.Arkin asked us to complete a survey. This survey was so that Mr.Arkin would get an idea of what we think about the class. On the survey we were asked to write what should be continued, stopped or start! I didn't have that many items in the stop section but I did have many in the "Continue" section.
After everyone was done, Mr.Arkin asked us to hand in any one of our homework assignments from last night. I picked to hand in number 3 since it was my best one. Mr.Arkin collected these and then marked them. After he marked it, he would call us to his desk and explain what we did wrong and asked us why we did certain things. He was helping us to fix each of our programs! Thank you!
The rest of the class, was a work period where we got time to fix all of our assignments and to finish some more repition assignment.
Our homework for tonight is to continue our progress on our repition assignments and do our daily blogs. I still have to do my homework so I have to go! Bye!
Today, in class, the first thing we were asked to do was to log on and come and take a sit. Once we did this, Mr.Arkin asked us to complete a survey. This survey was so that Mr.Arkin would get an idea of what we think about the class. On the survey we were asked to write what should be continued, stopped or start! I didn't have that many items in the stop section but I did have many in the "Continue" section.
After everyone was done, Mr.Arkin asked us to hand in any one of our homework assignments from last night. I picked to hand in number 3 since it was my best one. Mr.Arkin collected these and then marked them. After he marked it, he would call us to his desk and explain what we did wrong and asked us why we did certain things. He was helping us to fix each of our programs! Thank you!
The rest of the class, was a work period where we got time to fix all of our assignments and to finish some more repition assignment.
Our homework for tonight is to continue our progress on our repition assignments and do our daily blogs. I still have to do my homework so I have to go! Bye!
Monday, November 15, 2010
I will never say never!
Justin Beiber ( the one singer I dislike the most) and Jaden Smith for teh movie Karate Kid which I recently watched.
And there's just no turning back,When your hearts under attack,
Gonna give everything I have,
It's my destiny..
I will never say never! (I will fight)
I will fight till forever! (make it right)
Whenever you knock me down,
I will not stay on the ground.
Pick it up,
Pick it up,
Pick it up,
Pick it up up up,
And never say never
That is exactly what I did today in class. This is actually one of the motto's that I like to follow in my life. I am hoping that I will be able to follow this all through my life. It is a very useful piece of advice.
Note: you may notice that I am using a lot more affects than I usually do because I just recently learned how to add all lof this in. Yay!
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Today, was the special day where we were able to see what our term 1 marks are going to be on the report. Mr.Arkin posted up the results this morning and that is why I was so happy because that way I would not have to go on through the day wondering what I got. Well guess what?..... I got a 75%. Yay! I thought I was going to get a much lower mark because of my programming test which I did not do so well on ( you can read my previous blog posts to see what I got). I was actually very surprised. Some of the students did pretty bad though, with their marks. The lowest mark was a 15%! It was shocking! But, yet several students did very good! Congratulations!!! I saw two people who recieved 98%. Keep up the good work to those students! I am hoping to improve for the semester reports.
At the beginning of the class, we went through the modified version of repition number 2. We then analyzed Mr.Arkin's version of the assignment and we just did it in our head. There was no need to write it down. For the rest of the class, we had the time to work on our homework and just catch-up. I am trying to catch-up and possibly finish it all because I have a lot of homework for tonight.
For homework, we have to do repetition assignments 3,4 and 5 and of course our daily blog. Well, I have to get back to work now so bye blog readers!
Sunday, November 14, 2010
Repeat after me!
On Friday, we learned about repetition. It was very interesting on how easily we could make a mistake. We learned how crucial the placement of the exit statement is. Where you put the statement could change the entire program. Be very careful! Warning! Do not use an equal sign in a loop, this is very dangerous and you could be harmed in the process.
It was very interesting and I was surprised at how it all works. I hope that it gets even more interesting! That was what we did the entire period because that is how thorough of a study it happens to be. We have a lot of homework though after learning so much because we now know a lot about it. Our homework, is helping us understand the concept even more.
For homework, we have to modify one of the sample programs we did in class so that it asks the user for the starting value. We also have to start on our repition activities by doing numbers one and two. We have to modify them after so that they ask the user for the starting and ending value. This is going to be a long night because I also have my geo project to work on. Ahhhhhh! I was very busy this weekend and I did not have much time to work on a lot of my school work. I hope all goes well and wish me luck with the never ending homework pile. Seriously, it can never end! There is always something a person can do!
It was very interesting and I was surprised at how it all works. I hope that it gets even more interesting! That was what we did the entire period because that is how thorough of a study it happens to be. We have a lot of homework though after learning so much because we now know a lot about it. Our homework, is helping us understand the concept even more.
For homework, we have to modify one of the sample programs we did in class so that it asks the user for the starting value. We also have to start on our repition activities by doing numbers one and two. We have to modify them after so that they ask the user for the starting and ending value. This is going to be a long night because I also have my geo project to work on. Ahhhhhh! I was very busy this weekend and I did not have much time to work on a lot of my school work. I hope all goes well and wish me luck with the never ending homework pile. Seriously, it can never end! There is always something a person can do!
Thursday, November 11, 2010
Rememberance day
This is a very sad rememberance day because our last living World War I veteran died. This is the first rememberance day after that. A moment of silence...
R.I.P to all those veterans who helped us have the life we have now in Canada.
Today, I am very sad after Computer's class. We got our tests back and luckily I did not fail because Mr.Arkin was very kind and gave me half marks for a lot of questions. Thank you! But even though I did not fail, I still got a bad mark. My mark was a 60.4%. I was very fortunaate to be in the 60's but after looking at my errors I can understand how all my careless mistakes made me get such a low mark. Before we got our tests back, we had time to go over the questions and review what the answers were on our own with a partner and later as a class. So, I know have an idea for future purposes. We also took up our mean assignments and I also have an idea about how that works now too. It is really interesting actually! I hope my super power autobiography boosts my report card mark up though and that they way the same or that the test ways less on our reports! Please!
For homework we have to do our daily blog as well as get our tests signed for tomorrow! I still have to do that because my mom is gone to her university class right now so I have to do it when she gets back. In the mean while I need to finish the rest of my homework. I have my geo culminative activity (yes, already!) and my french assignment which is due tomorrow! I look forward to Friday which is tomorrow!
R.I.P to all those veterans who helped us have the life we have now in Canada.
Today, I am very sad after Computer's class. We got our tests back and luckily I did not fail because Mr.Arkin was very kind and gave me half marks for a lot of questions. Thank you! But even though I did not fail, I still got a bad mark. My mark was a 60.4%. I was very fortunaate to be in the 60's but after looking at my errors I can understand how all my careless mistakes made me get such a low mark. Before we got our tests back, we had time to go over the questions and review what the answers were on our own with a partner and later as a class. So, I know have an idea for future purposes. We also took up our mean assignments and I also have an idea about how that works now too. It is really interesting actually! I hope my super power autobiography boosts my report card mark up though and that they way the same or that the test ways less on our reports! Please!
For homework we have to do our daily blog as well as get our tests signed for tomorrow! I still have to do that because my mom is gone to her university class right now so I have to do it when she gets back. In the mean while I need to finish the rest of my homework. I have my geo culminative activity (yes, already!) and my french assignment which is due tomorrow! I look forward to Friday which is tomorrow!
Wednesday, November 10, 2010
Test!!!!!
Warning: Short blog!
I am sorry but this is going to be a very short blog entry because we did one thing this period that we worked very hard for the past few days...the test!!! I was really nervous that something I didn't know would come up or that I would blank out on the test but I found that the test was actually okay. It wasn't too hard but nor was it easy. It wasn't what I expected though, that's for sure. I just hope I do good! I know that I did the last questions wrong because I didnt use a case statement... I used an if ladder! But, I am pretty sure everything else was okay! I just hope I do good!!! I am praying because it is a big portion of our mid-term report and I worked very hard. That's it! We just did some silent reading after and for homework we just have to do our blog. Good luck everyone!
I am sorry but this is going to be a very short blog entry because we did one thing this period that we worked very hard for the past few days...the test!!! I was really nervous that something I didn't know would come up or that I would blank out on the test but I found that the test was actually okay. It wasn't too hard but nor was it easy. It wasn't what I expected though, that's for sure. I just hope I do good! I know that I did the last questions wrong because I didnt use a case statement... I used an if ladder! But, I am pretty sure everything else was okay! I just hope I do good!!! I am praying because it is a big portion of our mid-term report and I worked very hard. That's it! We just did some silent reading after and for homework we just have to do our blog. Good luck everyone!
Tuesday, November 9, 2010
Test tomorrow! :- P
Ahhhhhhhhh! The test is tomorrow!
In class today, we had a questions and answers session to help us review for our test tomorrow! At first, there were almost no questions but after a while people came up with more and more questions. We have no more questions so all we have to do is study, study and study!
After, we took notes on two definitions which were for counter and accumulator. We were explained what this is and how it is used. Later, we learned about the initialization section in a program and the use of it. It was similar to the initialization section in the ATM activity we did before. Mr.Arkin then asked us to create a simple program that asks for three numbers and ouputs the new mean after you ask for each number. It involves using the initialization section and we are to figure out how to do that tonight.
Our homework is to create the program, do our daily blog entry (of course?) and study for our test. I am going to study very hard for tomorrow's test. I am looking forward to seeing what Mr.Arkin's tests are like. Since it is our only test before the upcoming mid-term reports, I would like to do good on the test which is why I am really going to study hard. Come back tomorrow blog readers!
In class today, we had a questions and answers session to help us review for our test tomorrow! At first, there were almost no questions but after a while people came up with more and more questions. We have no more questions so all we have to do is study, study and study!
After, we took notes on two definitions which were for counter and accumulator. We were explained what this is and how it is used. Later, we learned about the initialization section in a program and the use of it. It was similar to the initialization section in the ATM activity we did before. Mr.Arkin then asked us to create a simple program that asks for three numbers and ouputs the new mean after you ask for each number. It involves using the initialization section and we are to figure out how to do that tonight.
Our homework is to create the program, do our daily blog entry (of course?) and study for our test. I am going to study very hard for tomorrow's test. I am looking forward to seeing what Mr.Arkin's tests are like. Since it is our only test before the upcoming mid-term reports, I would like to do good on the test which is why I am really going to study hard. Come back tomorrow blog readers!
Monday, November 8, 2010
Oh I'm a gummy bear! Yes, I am a gummy bear !
What an interesting class!
We were asked to pick-up our posters as soon as we got into the class and today we presented it. We were the last group and therefore we didn't have that many points because the other groups had already said them. It was still a very good presentation though. We had many points compared to what a group would usually have at the end. That means that we noticed many that were not common to the eyes of others. What I loved the most was how Mr.Arkin first noticed our tree of wisdom doodle and my gummy bear quote. It was really funny! But, it wasn't much of a surprise since our poster was mainly doodles.
After this, we switched our programs from selection number 7 with a partner and corrected them using the features we came up with on the poster. It was like our guide to perfection! I corrected Bonnie's with the help of Mahak ( she still hasn't caught up yet because we havn't had time to gather and work on it). We found a few errors and Carol was able to find a couple that I never even knew had to be included. I knew them but I had the wrong meaning in mind. Now my program is much better organized!
Our homework is to do this for homework to all of our programs. We also have our first programming test coming up on Wednesday! Ahhhhh! I am really scared. I hope that what I study comes up on the test! I have been having some bad luck lately with that (specifically the DECA exam). I wish you all luck though!
Sorry, I have to go blog readers to go study for the test and do the rest of my homework. But, come online tomorrow for more info on how our class went! Au revoir (French fro good-bye)!
We were asked to pick-up our posters as soon as we got into the class and today we presented it. We were the last group and therefore we didn't have that many points because the other groups had already said them. It was still a very good presentation though. We had many points compared to what a group would usually have at the end. That means that we noticed many that were not common to the eyes of others. What I loved the most was how Mr.Arkin first noticed our tree of wisdom doodle and my gummy bear quote. It was really funny! But, it wasn't much of a surprise since our poster was mainly doodles.
After this, we switched our programs from selection number 7 with a partner and corrected them using the features we came up with on the poster. It was like our guide to perfection! I corrected Bonnie's with the help of Mahak ( she still hasn't caught up yet because we havn't had time to gather and work on it). We found a few errors and Carol was able to find a couple that I never even knew had to be included. I knew them but I had the wrong meaning in mind. Now my program is much better organized!
Our homework is to do this for homework to all of our programs. We also have our first programming test coming up on Wednesday! Ahhhhh! I am really scared. I hope that what I study comes up on the test! I have been having some bad luck lately with that (specifically the DECA exam). I wish you all luck though!
Sorry, I have to go blog readers to go study for the test and do the rest of my homework. But, come online tomorrow for more info on how our class went! Au revoir (French fro good-bye)!
Friday, November 5, 2010
Awesome Studio 218
Today, we had Studio 218 where Jerry brought in some music by Owl City. It was actually a very good choice of music and a lot of people sang along to one song...Fireflies! I was one of those people. But, once in a while, I would ruin it by singing the Gummy Bear song!
Today in class, as soon as we walked in all the students started to work on our assignments from yesterday and that is what we did for the rest of the class. Our group finished early half way through the class so for the rest of the time we were just doodling on our poster and making it pretty. The only other thing we did was that at the end of the class, Mr.Arkin asked us to copy many different Canadian ways of writing the date because when he checked the binders of students from the other class, they wrote it in the American way. I have to change mine. I am really lucky to have escaped! For homework, all we have to do is our daily blog which I happen to be doing now. I am now done my homework! Have a great weekend everyone and Happy Diwali for those who had it today (Hindu diwali was yesterday)! Our DECA oral examinations are tomorrow so wish me luck everyone and for everyone else participating in DECA!
Today in class, as soon as we walked in all the students started to work on our assignments from yesterday and that is what we did for the rest of the class. Our group finished early half way through the class so for the rest of the time we were just doodling on our poster and making it pretty. The only other thing we did was that at the end of the class, Mr.Arkin asked us to copy many different Canadian ways of writing the date because when he checked the binders of students from the other class, they wrote it in the American way. I have to change mine. I am really lucky to have escaped! For homework, all we have to do is our daily blog which I happen to be doing now. I am now done my homework! Have a great weekend everyone and Happy Diwali for those who had it today (Hindu diwali was yesterday)! Our DECA oral examinations are tomorrow so wish me luck everyone and for everyone else participating in DECA!
Thursday, November 4, 2010
Teamwork is the key to success!
Hello, blog readers! Today was an interesting class where we did a cool team assignment. We were given a program that Mr.Arkin created for selection assignment #6. It was actually really sophisticated. We were asked to desk check the program on a sheet of paper. This means to actually go through the entire process that the computer does when executing the program. It took a while but it was really fun. I had fun and it was interesting to see what the computer does. After, that we were given a 8 by 11 peice of paper to do some work on as a team. We were given a copy of the programming concepts that are on the touque website. Using this, we had to list all of the code features that were found in the program and how many times it came up. Such as keywords, main sections, constants, etc. So, for homework, we have to choose 3 of our most sophisticated programs and desk check it. Yay! I think it is going to take a while so I have to go! Bye!
Wednesday, November 3, 2010
Take your kids to work day!
Hey blog readers! Today was take your kids to work day! We did not have any class today so i am not particularlly sure if we have to do our blog but it is still always good to do your work.
I had one of the most tiring days of my life. As some of you may know, there was a water pipe that broke at Woodbine subway station. Therefore, since I was going downtown, i had to change to 4 different transportations. It was so tiring. I was 45 minutes late ( I think). Today, I went to my grandma's work place where I did some work for an organisation called, RNAO. It is an organisation for nurses. Since my mom is a part of the organisation it is good. I had a good time. I really liked the office. I just did some paper work for the morning that was actually very boring but I am happy I helped out. I had a great lunch at Swiss Chalet after though. I felt as though I was going to explode. That is how much I ate! It was delicious though! When I got back I worked at the recption for about 15 minutes and then left for the subway to meet my mom. I had to take the subway by myself after a while and it was really scary because I have never done it before. I had to rush to my DECA exam and I was late but the exam started late anyway. The exam had questions that were confusing but the test was okay. I got home at aroung 5:45 because I had to take the bus back home. I still have to do all of my homework now. Wish me luck!
I had one of the most tiring days of my life. As some of you may know, there was a water pipe that broke at Woodbine subway station. Therefore, since I was going downtown, i had to change to 4 different transportations. It was so tiring. I was 45 minutes late ( I think). Today, I went to my grandma's work place where I did some work for an organisation called, RNAO. It is an organisation for nurses. Since my mom is a part of the organisation it is good. I had a good time. I really liked the office. I just did some paper work for the morning that was actually very boring but I am happy I helped out. I had a great lunch at Swiss Chalet after though. I felt as though I was going to explode. That is how much I ate! It was delicious though! When I got back I worked at the recption for about 15 minutes and then left for the subway to meet my mom. I had to take the subway by myself after a while and it was really scary because I have never done it before. I had to rush to my DECA exam and I was late but the exam started late anyway. The exam had questions that were confusing but the test was okay. I got home at aroung 5:45 because I had to take the bus back home. I still have to do all of my homework now. Wish me luck!
Tuesday, November 2, 2010
A simple class on a late start day
It was George Boole's birthday today! Today we had a pretty regular class. At the beginning of class, I helped out Mahak a little more until Mr.Arkin started the lesson. Today, in class, we learned about case statements and how they work. It was actually very helpful. Yes, they require a lot of thought to be put into them but yet the are shorter and still perform the same thing. Mr.Arkin asked us to complete an activity that resembles what an ordinary ATM goes through to make transactions. We are to complete it and then also modify it so that it guards against negative numbers. I think that it is like guarding it against zero but just replacing it, asking it to guard against negatives instead. I still have to get started but I have a feeling I won't be doing it tonight since Mahak and I have our DECA examinations tomorrow at school in the library at 3. I am cramming because I still have to take some more notes and then study them. Tomorrow is take your kids to workday so I have to rush all the way from downtown back to the school. I will also have to wake-up early tomorrow so that I can get to the work place in time. I am going to an office building with my grandma (she is not old old). I am excited to go but I am scared for the DECA exam. I really want to win. I am prepared but need some more practice. Have fun everyone with take your kids to work day!
Monday, November 1, 2010
Catch-up Mahak!
Guys did you know that anyone or anything can love? I just watched a great movie (in Tamil) about this robot who fell in love with a girl and went bad just to get her. it was an awesome movie! It was like the story line of King Kong. Keep this in thought.
Mahak is back! I am so happy! I am her guide to catching up. I hope she is able to catch up on all the work and learn quickly. She always was good with computer science though so I know she will do fine!
So, today in class, we started the class off by a "Questions and Answers" moment about our homework. For once, there were some questions! We did not take any notes this class though. After this, we spread out and tried to come up with the best solutions for our programs in groups. This way our peers were able to figure out what our errors were found in our programs and what we had to fix. At this time, I took the oppurtunity to help my long gone-come back friend Mahak who was totally confused after her trip to India for two weeks. When Mr.Arkin was talking to her about her trip, I was silently asking him in my head, "Please pick me to help her!!!!! " It turns out that Mr.Arkin was able to hear my thoughts (shhhh...he can read minds).
So, during the rest of the period, I helped Mahak out to catch up. I gave her all of my notes and she is copying them tonight. I started explaining some of the notes and she seems to understand. We will have to see tomorrow! Mahak and I are going to come together at a different time to come up with a date to catch her up on it all. For homework, we just have to clean-up our work, preview selection II and do our daily blogs. Well, you can all hear from me tomorrow and I will be talking about Mahak for the next few days (no Lady Gaga singing this time though). :-D
Mahak is back! I am so happy! I am her guide to catching up. I hope she is able to catch up on all the work and learn quickly. She always was good with computer science though so I know she will do fine!
So, today in class, we started the class off by a "Questions and Answers" moment about our homework. For once, there were some questions! We did not take any notes this class though. After this, we spread out and tried to come up with the best solutions for our programs in groups. This way our peers were able to figure out what our errors were found in our programs and what we had to fix. At this time, I took the oppurtunity to help my long gone-come back friend Mahak who was totally confused after her trip to India for two weeks. When Mr.Arkin was talking to her about her trip, I was silently asking him in my head, "Please pick me to help her!!!!! " It turns out that Mr.Arkin was able to hear my thoughts (shhhh...he can read minds).
So, during the rest of the period, I helped Mahak out to catch up. I gave her all of my notes and she is copying them tonight. I started explaining some of the notes and she seems to understand. We will have to see tomorrow! Mahak and I are going to come together at a different time to come up with a date to catch her up on it all. For homework, we just have to clean-up our work, preview selection II and do our daily blogs. Well, you can all hear from me tomorrow and I will be talking about Mahak for the next few days (no Lady Gaga singing this time though). :-D
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