Wednesday, December 8, 2010

Are You a 1, 2 or 3?

Hi y'all. How's it going? I'm doing pretty well myself. Today was another one of those calm, uneventful days. During gym we did volleyball drills which were actually fun (!), surprisingly. I breezed through the math work in math class. And in music, we listened to Beethoven's Op. 18 #1, his first string quartet. Then we set off to work individually on one of Handel's Concerto Grossos. All in all, it was a peaceful day.

Didn't I forget something, you ask? No, I did not. I deliberately left ICS class to the very end, so I can talk about it separately. First off, we learned how to write custom procedures. They are similar to custom functions - and are actually easier to write, I think. The one new keyword we learned today was procedure. Like function, it is used at the start of the procedure. The procedure body is closed with end procedure.

Afterwards, Mr. Arkin surprised all of us by handing out slips of paper. On the paper, he instructed us to rate our programming skills on a scale of 1 to 4, with 1 being the worst and 4 being the best. Then, he ordered us to get into groups of four, with at least two level 3's in each group. In our groups, he wanted us to work together so that we can all become level 4's! My group spent the period looking at the programming skills inventory, and going over each point to make sure we all understood everything. We are making good progress!

So all in all, it was not a bad day. Here's to hoping the rest of the week can remain like this!

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