First week: Check.

The first week back from the winter break quickly flew by. I had luckily kept my sleep schedule intact over the break so drowsiness was not an issue. However, it was tough at first to be actually doing work and commuting instead of just lying around and playing Dota 2. But enough of that, let's move on to what is important; CSC165.

I have always been fond of all computer science courses and CSC165 or Mathematical Expression and Reasoning for Computer Scientists was no exception. Prior to coming to class, I had been informed by friends that the course can be difficult to wrap your head around at first, which is true for all math related courses. Everything just clicks and seems easy after lots of work is put in, or like for most people, after you are done with the material. With this in mind, keeping up with material and practice exercises will be essential to doing well.

After the very boring and repetitive but necessary introduction to the course was out of the way, the course material covered quickly gained my interest. Being able to understand and solve problems is very important but the ability to document and express your process and results is equally so. In the first week only the very basics have been covered. Coupled with D. Heap's personality, this has resulted in a very relaxing and entertaining couple of lectures.

It wasn't the first week's lecture material that gained my interest but was due to the course notes. On the bus ride home, I decided to read through the course notes and managed to read ahead of what was covered so far (this was after the second lecture). Section 1.4 in the notes, linked above, shared some very interesting and fun problems. The statement claiming that one should be able to solve these problems after completion of this course has given me something to look forward to.

It probably was not necessary to blog or SLOG about the first week's classes but being my first blog, I decided to test out the system beforehand. The blog title could use some work and is tentative at this point.