What do you do when you don't understand a subject?

Are you getting the concept of the object oriented paradigm? It's the most basic, yet hardest thing to grasp when jumping into programming. That's what seems to weed everyone out in the first year.

My two programming professors (C++ and Java) made it seem like this grand, esoteric thing. The TA's were much more informative.

 

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How many classes or assignments have you missed, you lazy bum? Get to work! It just takes practice, yo. It's not really that difficult, if it is "Programming I".

 

I'm basically going through this myself, but with another subject. I'm thinking my textbook is doing a crappy job of explaining it. I'll probably try to look for some more basic explanations on google after I finish reading the assignment.

 

When I took that class (or something similar) I actually wound up using a textbook from a different class and it helped tremendously. Almost like cheating. When I was asked why some of my coding was different I explained I used a different textbook, so kill me.

Also if you have to write complex big things find a good tutor (easier said than done) who can explain it in human terms. A computer science major maybe? I dunno. Goodluck.

 

You go pick up supplements and hope that works out! At least that is what I plan on doing for my Civil Procedure class because that class is ****ing confusing!

Damn t.v. shows make live as a lawyer so exciting, but the journey sucks all the life out of you.

 

Dude, I'm trying to learn the Rule Against Perpetuities while the people who live in the apartment above me are blaring techno music. I want to strangle baby kittens right now.

 

Man, I totally understand your pain! I live in the ghetto of San Francisco and there are crackheads and drug dealers 24/7 outisde my window.

I hear/see crackheads fighting, drug dealers kicking the **** out of crackheads, drugs dealers kicking the **** out of other drug dealers, and then I have sirens (cops, firefighters, amb.) every hour or so. On top of all this, there is a night club just across the street from me and they are playing music until 5 am and people are outside fighting and ****.

Just last night, a cop had stopped a car and was searching it for drugs when across the street, two crackheads started shouting and rumbling. The cops just stand there and look. While all this is going on, I am trying to write a my memo so I can go show it to my professor. And then is a routine, everyday thing.

 

I meant like study aid supplements, but I am also in love with energy drinks. I haven't drank any since like December when I finished undergrad though. Those things are really bad for you. LOL. And I kind of don't need it anymore since my usual bedtime is 3 am. But around 2-3ish I am like a zombie out there. Thats not good!

 

Hang in there.. the more meaningful code you write, the more it makes sense.

Teaching Java or any other OO language as a first programing course is crazy. You really dont get to appreciate what OO is for and when its appropriate. I've seen newbie 'programmers' wrap simple one-liners in classes. Would probably have a heart attack reading Perl code .

 

Hang in there.. the more meaningful code you write, the more it makes sense. You could try a small pet project on something that seems cool to you. You will ramp up pretty quickly this way

Teaching Java or any other OO language as a first programing course is crazy. You really dont get to appreciate what OO is for and when its appropriate. I've seen 'programmers' wrap simple one-liners in classes. Would probably have a heart attack reading Perl code

 

Damn. Is this in the Tenderloin?

 

Yup. Good old Tenderloins!

Even though it is loud outside most of the time, it kind of gives me some entertainment since I am too busy to go enjoy the rest of the city. The best entertainment is when the drunk people from the club rumble! I just get a soda and some chips, sit on by the window and watch a fight!

 

The method that always works for me is to get a secondary source for text material. If one textbook doesn't make sense, then find another text with the same material. The information will be presented in a new and different manner usually. This is how I got through 2 semesters of Organic Chemistry in college with A's in both of them.

Also you can find tutorials and example problems on the internet. Just run a search.

 

I panic and get a bad grade.