Posts Tagged ‘computer science’

Why Students take Intoduction to Computer Science

Monday, September 1st, 2008

leaves, winter, falmouth, va
I’m teaching two sections of  Introduction to Computer Science, CPSC 110, this semester. It is always interesting to see why students sign up for a course.

Today I asked students to anonymously complete the following:

Why are you taking this course? Results from the first class were:

  1. To satisfy a requirement          7
  2. resume builder                         2
  3. was told to                               1
  4. nothing else fit my schedule   1
  5. subject seems interesting     11

The results from the second class were

  1. To satisfy a requirement          14
  2. resume builder                           3
  3. was told to                                 1
  4. nothing else fit my schedule      2
  5. subject seems interesting          6

So the totals are

  1. To satisfy a requirement          21
  2. resume builder                           5
  3. was told to                                 2
  4. nothing else fit my schedule      3
  5. subject seems interesting        17

Next 5000 days of the Web, Theoretical CS,& A Place to Bury Strangers links for 2008-08-22

Friday, August 22nd, 2008

seed pods, winter, falmouth, va

A Place to Bury Strangers

  • A Place to Bury Strangers (a vaguely familiar mix of early Sisters/Joy Division elements, minus the clever lyrics), who looked very odd with their minimal equipment and being squeezed into the center of the stage.
    (tags: aptbs nin)
  • New York trio A Place to Bury Strangers opened up, playing for a little over a half hour to a disinterested crowd that was still slowly filing in. For only three guys they had a big sound, but a big arena was not really the place to appreciate their dense, feedback-filled rock.
    (tags: aptbs nin)