A wise man can see more from the bottom of a well than a fool can from a mountain top. -Unknown
On Mon, 30 Sep 2002, Charles Lockhart wrote: > remarks about Linux to date, except for this recent statement that he's > thinking (going to?) partially (completely?) switch the course back to > the emulator because Linux programming seems to hard for the students, > who I guess only have one sophomore level course in C programming? > I think a lot of students tend to gripe a lot and maybe get there way. I am also taking the 412 class and I remember Pat mentioning early on that he was going to give each student 3 opportunities to take a quiz and the final score you receive would be given to you. I liked this Idea because then I wouldn't be stuck on quizes, taking it over and over until I receive the 34 passing score, unfortunately that is not the case. > the geography of UH is part of the problem. UH is definitely an > "off-campus" school, as compared to most other college/universities that > I know of. Most of the students *seem * (I have no factual basis for > this, just from meeting people I've gotten this impression) to be from > Oahu, and at the end of the "school day" they go home or do other > things. At other U's, you have a majority of students who aren't from > the surrounding area, and are basically stuck on campus. This tends to > breed a more academic culture made up of kids who get into their field > of study a lot more, particularly in the comp-sci/EE area, where they > experiment and play around with stuff a lot. Just my take on it though. > > -Charles > This is a good point and there are many a time where I wished that I lived on campus and didn't have to work. Unfortunately, that is not the case. As a side note, I am one of the students who has done poorly on the second project. I'm sure it has a lot to do with me working but I suspect that it has more to do with me being a poor programmer. I doubt I will move to using the Java simulated OS because I would probably struggle just as much there as I am struggling using C. I have only recently figured out that I will probably not look for programming jobs when I graduate due to this fact. I have known people who can sit down without any reference material and code in multiple languages, this just boggles my mind. I love to program and spend much of my free time doing so but I doubt I could compete with these type of programmers in the real world. sorry to digress, -Ronnie
