School Update

Here I am almost half way through my week, half way through the 2 classes I am taking. I thought I would post a quickly on how things are going.

I have been trying to get my sleep but still get up early and do a little studying. You see, I am a morning person. I can stay up late but I really do not function well at night. I have learned how to CHEAT. Yes, that is right, I AM A CHEATER.


Here is how the class is set up. We get 10 percent lecture, 75 percent hands on, and 25 percent review. Each lesson has not only the files that we start with and alter but it also has the resource files that allow you to figure out what you are doing and it has the solution.

I have been looking at the step I have to do, going to the solution, copy and paste into the files I am working with. That is the CHEATING part. But then I look at the book and at the code to make sure I understand what is happening and make sure I understand it. Until I do understand it I do not move on.

Now I have been to class before and tried to keep up. Usually I just barely finish the tasks and do not always understand what I just did. I am just going back into the material we just covered and mimicking something I find in the book. My goal is to finish the class and at least understand enough so I can repeat the courses over the next couple of weeks on my own after work. At that time I will not be cheating. I will be doing all the work myself with the aid of the resource material. I think I will get a lot out of the course that way and you know what, that means I should be able to brush up on things in the future.

OK, now for the fun part. We are almost over with the first course, Data Access with VB.2005 and ADO.NET. That is the easy part. I have already been doing some of that but still I have been learning. This will be very good for me. Now the hard part starts. The second class is on writing WEB applications with ASP.NET. I have only written a couple of WEB apps and they were minor in nature. I should know a lot more before going into this course. This is going to be a struggle. I will learn tons in it but it may take me some time to get it absorbed. This is the course I have been fearing the most.

So recap, first course almost completed ... with CHEATING but I actually think the way I am doing it is working for me. The second course is just about to start. Yikes!

Well off to do some more studying. Happy hump day everyone.


I don't know Drake, all this cheating makes me feel... dirty. --Drake & Josh