The good thing about going back to CEGEP, is that I don't have to take any craptacular classes: english, french, humanities, and phys. ed. I only have to take three or four core classes each semester, instead of seven classes. The downside is that I can't speed up my education. I will have take three years to complete the program. I'v already finished one, two more to go.
Semester was 2 classes: Intro to Computer Technology and Programming 1.
Needless to say, Intro to Computer Tech had potential, but quickly deteriorated when we did not learn anything. We were showed how to the on off button and how to use Microsoft Office.
Programming 1 was more interesting, but it was still an intro class; command line programs, where we mainly learned C++ syntax.
What I discovered the first semester had nothing to do with programming or computers. Everything from Microsoft was free (except for Office, of course). One whole course was learned Word and Excel, and even in programming, my teacher was unable to use anything but Visiual Studio.
disclaimer: yes I am a Mac user, and I really do think Windows sucks, but it mostly gets when we are supposed to be learning something universal like C++, and we spend more time dealing with VS 2008 crashes. On the upside, I should be getting a free (clean) copy of Windows 7 this fall.
Semester was 2 classes: Intro to Computer Technology and Programming 1.
Needless to say, Intro to Computer Tech had potential, but quickly deteriorated when we did not learn anything. We were showed how to the on off button and how to use Microsoft Office.
Programming 1 was more interesting, but it was still an intro class; command line programs, where we mainly learned C++ syntax.
What I discovered the first semester had nothing to do with programming or computers. Everything from Microsoft was free (except for Office, of course). One whole course was learned Word and Excel, and even in programming, my teacher was unable to use anything but Visiual Studio.
disclaimer: yes I am a Mac user, and I really do think Windows sucks, but it mostly gets when we are supposed to be learning something universal like C++, and we spend more time dealing with VS 2008 crashes. On the upside, I should be getting a free (clean) copy of Windows 7 this fall.
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