6:37 PM - Nervous about this test
I've got a CS test in 30 minutes or so. I'm not prepared as I'd like to be.
I spent 10 minutes reading the manual on my calculator. I'm so mixed about buying this thing. It can do so many things, but I don't know how to use it and it's not intuitive to me. Doh! I miss the Ti85.
The CS work is another matter. I think I know most of the technical data, but I'm not sure about procedures. Half the test is math and that is not my strong suit. We can have very limited notes, but I'm not sure they will be of much help. For instance, one type of problem requires synthetic division of binary numbers. I understand the procedure to do that, but I almost always make a mistake and end up with the wrong result. Since he only gives 1 point, that means I automatically get the problem wrong even though I get the procedure. There are going to be 15-20 1 point problems and some require a lot of work. One mistake or putting it in the wrong units can be the end as you only get 1 point. It sucks.
I studied before my english class, after my english class, and probably one more time before class starts. I can't relax as I know how I an English paper due and a programming assignment (wed and thurs respectively).
I spent 10 minutes reading the manual on my calculator. I'm so mixed about buying this thing. It can do so many things, but I don't know how to use it and it's not intuitive to me. Doh! I miss the Ti85.
The CS work is another matter. I think I know most of the technical data, but I'm not sure about procedures. Half the test is math and that is not my strong suit. We can have very limited notes, but I'm not sure they will be of much help. For instance, one type of problem requires synthetic division of binary numbers. I understand the procedure to do that, but I almost always make a mistake and end up with the wrong result. Since he only gives 1 point, that means I automatically get the problem wrong even though I get the procedure. There are going to be 15-20 1 point problems and some require a lot of work. One mistake or putting it in the wrong units can be the end as you only get 1 point. It sucks.
I studied before my english class, after my english class, and probably one more time before class starts. I can't relax as I know how I an English paper due and a programming assignment (wed and thurs respectively).
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