Almost Finals

Now that I have all (or most) of my worksheets in, I feel a little bit more relaxed than last week. Unfortunately, I still feel a bit suffocated from all of the finals that are going on. This stress happens every semester during finals, but especially this year because the Dec. 31/Jan. 1 college application deadline is approaching pretty quickly. I'm hoping that I can prepare well for my comp sci final enough so that I spend a sufficient amount of time on it, but not an overwhelming amount of time on it. I think time management should be key here, but we'll see how the rest of the month pans out. The whole senior/college experience thing is also really harsh mentally, because there's always a fear of messing up something. Oftentimes I keep having to mentally motivate myself to keep going and to keep getting things done, and it's becoming extremely stressful. When Tuesday/new material comes, I want to be in a good enough shape so that I can receive this new information/prepare for finals/not have my brain explode with stress. Finals/college apps/senior year is almost like a marathon. Whoever keeps going in the end will win the race, so I have to just keep going and keep getting things done. Not to be too descriptive or anything.

Also Mr. Stephens, I might ask you sometime this week or next to send your teacher recommendation letter to another college (potentially University of Rochester)? This might depend on what I decide within the next week, but if I decide to apply, I'll give you the envelope/stamp and everything (just a heads-up). Thanks-

References and Parameters

The worksheets on references and parameters are more challenging than I initially thought they would be. Nested loops weren't too bad, and going off of those worksheets, I can definitely say that references and parameters are much more confusing. That quiz was definitely not very easy at all, and I'm going to have to retake that and study it a lot. It's just getting more confusing because the code is so long, one thing points to another, and you have to keep track of things otherwise you'll get really confused. Diagraming used to help me a lot when I tried to work things out in my head, but now that I'm at this point, even the diagrams are confusing. Worksheets are also piling up, which isn't fun, and I'm trying to stay on top of things even though we get new worksheets/labs almost every day. Hopefully we'll have a work day soon so I can catch up on everything. It's kinda hard to keep up when you have the previous week's work plus new material to deal with. In addition to that, bringing those worksheets home and trying to finish them plus college apps and other homework is much harder. I'll see if I can come to tutoring if I have time during lunch or before school, but in the meantime, we'll see how the workload evens out. December 1st just passed, so most of my college apps are in, and I'll get to take a tiny break before I start on my January 1st apps. Being a senior is fun.