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  kevin 4:49 pm on May 13, 2014 Permalink | Reply
  Tags: CPSC 301, Python   

  Python ? 

  Python is such a wonderful language in programming. Recently I was enrolled in a computer science class at UBC, namely cpsc 301, which taught the python language. I highly recommend this course to all undergraduates outside of the computer science faculty. Other than having an A- average every term, it more importantly teaches problem solving skills. The python language is elegant and clean and is ideal for new programmers to learn, as I found out after trying C/C++ language prior to it. However, one of my biggest issues as a student is, what exactly can I do with python? I asked a developer and his answer was, “You can do anything, there is no limit on what you can actually do with it.” Truthfully this answer continues to confuse me, but I plan to continue to self learn python on my own and will continue to update this blog with my progress. My end goal is to have a good grasp on the concepts in python and to develop a website! If anyone reading this post has some resources/recommendations, I would love to hear them.

   

   

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  kevin 4:36 pm on May 13, 2014 Permalink | Reply
  Tags: 2013W, general arts, general science, reflection, ubc   

  Reflection 

  Classes of 2014 has just started, at least for me!

  It’s hard to fathom that almost five (5) years has already elapsed since taking my first steps on the UBC campus back in in 2009 and to now when I start my first post. One of the biggest successes of being a student at UBC is actually being able to be a UBC student. Gaining admission to UBC was a great feat of success for me. After admission into UBC, I remember clearly in my first two years I felt invincible, that UBC degree can get me anything. I was admitted into the general studies program and I only put in the bare minimum of effort (B-) thinking it was enough to achieve great success. How wrong I was. Degrees do not compensate for lack of effort and more importantly it cannot compensate for wasted time. This became very apparent to myself in my third year of study and thereafter for everything I did I put in a greater effort. Over my next two years, I consistently improved my grades and in my previous winter term (2013W) I achieved an average of (A) with 27 percentage graded credits. To graduate with a general studies degree does not affect my confidence and I encourage other students in my position to not let it affect yourself either. Having general arts or general science may look dismal in terms of specializations but there are also benefits to being jack of all trades rather than master of one.

  My progress through UBC has really shown me there is no dead end in life and opportunities are proportional to one’s effort, we can all excel in areas we choose, given that we pay our efforts into it. If I can do it, I am sure that every other UBC student can also do it.