Monday morning, despite the fact that our first midterm was in two days,
we moved forward into learning proofs. Although they might seem slightly
confusing at some points, I enjoy the challenge. What I particularly like is
how everything is layed out nicely in clear step by step transitions. Also, it
isn't just a straight forward method you follow to prove every statement; you
have to try out different directions, points of view, or you simply have to try
to prove the existence (or lack of it). It enforces you to think differently
and approach the problem from all angles.
Tuesday, all I had for the day was the tutorial for this class at 9am
that I rushed in and out from because today was the day I had to start (and
finish) studying for the midterm exam the next morning. I was stressing, and
all those posts on piazza did not help. They always make me feel like I'm much
farther behind on my work while everyone is almost done. Not nice. Thankfully I
was done going over everything fairly early in the night. I went to sleep not
with not much confidence, thinking of how badly I might mess this up. Well I
don't think I'm alone on this one...the exam was a huge relief. I'm sure all
of us expected a rather difficult version that we'd all be clueless in and
fail.
I hope this pace continues.
TGIF
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