CSC148 Week 7

Week 7 of CSC148 was a tough and stressful week for me because of the test on Wednesday of that week. Before I talk about the test though, I want to talk about the lecture on Monday and the lab on Tuesday. On Monday, we learned about LinkedLists and I found it interesting but at the same time confusing. Like many of the new concepts that I have learned this year, I found that it takes me a whole to understand it completely and LinkedList is no different.
On the lab, my regular partner wasn't there so I had to work on the lab by self. The instructions on the lab were very simple in my opinion but yet again, I ran into trouble when trying to code what I understood. The idea of implementing queue ADT using a linked list didn't seem difficult but it turned out to be harder than I expected. I wasn't able to implement some of the methods properly such as push. Although I had the steps right in my head, I wasn't able to translate all of it into code. The lab ended with me only passing half of the test cases.
I studied and prepared hard for the test in my opinion but I came out of the test not feeling so well. Even though I studied, I felt that a lot of my studying didn't help me so much, especially with trees. I think the most important thing I've learned on week 7 was that I shouldn't hold in questions that I might have. I felt like if I asked Professor or some other students more questions to clarify things I didn't understand, that I would have done better on the test, perhaps even if I studied less because some of my studying I feel went to waste because I was studying things I didn't quite understand completely. I want to make it a priority now to ask questions when I need help, not necessarily just to get better marks, but to gain knowledge and understanding of computer science, which as of right now is my major. Getting good marks but not understanding will hurt in the long run.