week. of 2/21

I got a lot done in terms of Python labs last week. I stayed all caught up every day and I was able to finish all the lab assignments. I was proud of myself for finishing them because Jaron wasn't always there to help me with them. I got through them mostly on my own and asked Mr. Stephens questions when I needed help. I was glad that I was able to do most of it on my own. I think this shows that I'm getting better at solving problems by myself and figuring out how to write code for the labs.

I think this story from NPR is really interesting:

It's amazing that the man lived to be 110 years old. Hopefully he got a lot out of life after the war was over.

week of 2/7

Last week, Jaron, Rosie and I worked on chapter 4. We used trial and error to get through most of it, and it worked pretty well. We got stuck on the last few problems, though, because they involve making intricate shapes and we couldn't really figure out how to do it. Hopefully we can finish that today and get started on chapter 5, which has six labs associated with it.

The GOP, mentioned in this article:

http://www.npr.org/2011/02/14/133742630/obama-unveils-3-7-trillion-budget-for-2012

makes me angry.

JUST RAISE TAXES ALREADY.

week of 1/31

We worked on Python all last week. It can be very frustrating at times, but Jaron and I have been working together to solve the problems. We'll each figure out an element of some code and eventually we'll figure it out and get it to work. This is a good way to get our work done because we can ask each other for help and if we're stuck, we can both try different things to see if we can get the right answer. I still like Python a lot more than Java because the syntax is much less complicated and it makes a lot more sense to me (even though I still have a lot of trouble sometimes...).

I really like this news story from NPR:

http://www.npr.org/2011/02/08/133505880/at-end-of-the-line-prison-an-unlikely-escape

I think it is proof that people can actually have the willpower to fix their own problems.