Having taken a few moments here and there over the past day or so to think deep thoughts about my personal biases, I am not entirely sure that one can discover his or own personal biases without an enormous amount (years) of introspection.
Just as our personal biases color our views of the outside world, they [...]
Monthly Archives: January 2009
Biases and Perceptions
Wednesday, January 28, 2009
Computer Organization
Tuesday, January 20, 2009
Today was my first honors section meeting for C SC252: Computer Organization. I won’t be dropping this one, as it’s mostly just discussion of some extra CS-related topics that might be related to the class.
I was worried about the honors sections being too difficult, as I’ve heard from others (they were all non-CS students though) [...]
First Impressions Series: The First Day
Wednesday, January 14, 2009
Okay, so I dropped Linear Algebra and INDV101: Langauge and added C SC252: Computer Organization. This C SC class is required for graduation, so whether I like it or not, I’ll have to take it at some point, which means that it’s more or less okay if it sucks.
The bad news: honors students are expected [...]
First Impressions Series: MATH215
Wednesday, January 14, 2009
Professor Javier Diaz-Vargas, who teaches Introduction to Linear Algebra, speaks, as I somewhat suspected, with a heavy, almost impenetrable accent. He is a visiting professor from Mexico and will only be here for this semester.
Due to my inability to remember any Calculus or any of the symbols he used in the initial definitions, paired with [...]