CSIII: Coming to an End. x_x

 

 

     It has been a long year for all of us. Almost everything is now coming to an end. Good thing I am still surviving this school year especially now when all the requirements are piled up. I couldn’t quit because I wouldn’t let all my ‘hard work’ end up doing nothing or causing nothing at all. Alright, now, let’s talk about computer science. Hmmm. Like what I’ve said before, I never liked it. But the logic made me interested.

     THIRD GRADING PERIOD in CS sucked. Having been absent for two weeks and not being able to take the long test really pulled my grades down. I really hate it. Argh. Honestly, my eagerness in learning more about the subject suddenly decreased. It totally sucked. Ma’am, panira sa card!!!! Nakakainis!!! Tapos ma’am, ang saklap talaga e. five points ‘yong nilagapak ko!!!! Waaaa!! Nauunawaan ninyo po ba ang sakit na nararamdaman ko??? Iniyakan ko pa po iyon.. grabe talaga!!

     This failure made it hard for me to catch up and cope up with the next lessons. It made me think that I’ll always fail. It really sucked. That’s the only word I can use to describe it. It sucks and forever will suck.  Haaay. Anyway, you asked us to update our journal. Third quarter’s done and the fourth is coming to an end.

     For me, the fourth grading period is too short. It is maybe because of the various activities that we had, example, the prom. What did we take up this quarter?? All I can remember is we took up the nested for and array. That’s all. It was honestly a bit confusing for me. Thinking that I failed the third quarter actually made me feel helpless this quarter. I wasn’t able to think properly in our hands-on activities and I didn’t comprehend much of the lesson.

     The third grading really made a big impact in my outlook; my view of Computer Science. It was really a big slap. Instead of it being an alarm or a signal to wake me up, it made me fall; fall to an abyss. I don’t know when it’ll end and when I’ll rise again.

     Now, I feel that I did almost nothing this quarter; I wasn’t able to help my group mates; I was so useless. That’s all I can say: I am useless now. Hoping I’ll change by tomorrow.

 

Journal in CS

Computer Science 3: The Final Judgment

by Patth Rick L. Ramirez of iii-Burbank

 

            O ha~ Astig na ang CS ngayon. Buti naman ay pwede na ang TagLish dito sa Journal. Masasabi ko na lahat ng nasa saloob ko. Well, Computer Science is just one of my favorite subjects in my entire life. Hmm… I can say that our teacher is also one of my favorites, Ms. Maybelle Gallardo. Hindi ako nambobola or kung anupaman. Bihira kasi ang mga teachers na nakakabiruan mo kahit papano, ung may mga happy moments kayo together. When she lectures us, syempre she writes a program as an introduction or lesson na mismo, nagsasabi ako ng “syntax error” tapos bigla na lang magrereact si Ma’am Gallardo. Ang cute niya, parang nagtataka lagi. What I’m all saying is true, nothing but the truth, kahit tanungin niyo pa si Ma’am. Hindi lang siya marunong maki-socialize sa mga students, magaling din siya magturo kaya our section is so lucky and so thankful that we have her instead of ***** na walang ginawa kundi makipag-text. By the way, do you still remember when you asked me for a medicine? You said that you’re head aches so I gave you my Biogesic. Naku! Plugging ito~ Sobrang sipag kasi ni Ma’am eh kaya naawa ako. Then, the day after that we met and I said that it was expired already. Nagreact nanaman kaagad si Ma’am pero that was only a joke. Having our CS class I can say is a part of being in a happy high school life. Kahit minsan ay inaantok ako(super cool kasi ng aircon minsan), ay madali kong naiintindihan ung mga lessons. So pag hands-on na, ang saya pag success yung output.

            But not all times we’re happy, there are also times that we misunderstood each other. I know that’s our fault so we must face the consequences. We (Burbank boys) came late by 30 minutes. Imagine what could be done in that 30 minutes especially that other sections are ahead of us. Sorry ulit. Mabait pa rin si Ma’am at pinapasok kami pero wala kaming grade sa hands-on on that day. That was ok for me because all I care about is my group mates. They told me what to do because they can’t produce the correct output yet so I helped them even though that I have also difficulties in making it. Group work – that resolved our problem. I can prove that 2 heads are better than 1. We’re so glad that we did it.

            March na, the end is very near but I’m afraid to face it. I’m not yet ready for the changes. Mababawasan na ng malaki ang mga happy moments ko. The only thing I should do is to accept these. I’ll say thank you first Ma’am for lending us in your full capacity the knowledge that you have in CS. I’m very sure that it will help me a lot especially that I will be taking Computer Engineering in college. Di’ bale, may one year pa ako dito sa MaSci kaya susulitin ko ang bawat sandali. Thank you po for the high grades I have in CS and thank you again 1000000 xs!!! Salamat sa lahat ng itinuro niyo at pasenya na po sa pagiging pasaway ko minsan. Naku, ang drama ko na. Sayang! Sana marami pa tayong kaeksa-exciting na hands-on na nagawa. Lalo la ung password-effect, ang ganda sana nun’! By the way, wala na kong masasabi pa at kita na lang tau sa CS camp sa La Salle. Sasama po ba kayo dun’? Hindi ko po maku-complete ung attendance ko dahil may review rin po ako sa Nucleus UPCAT. Don’t worry, M-W-F naman po ang schedule ko kaya mga 3 days ang absent ko. See you later CS3, mamimiss kita.

Charmaine Joie E. Gawaran

III-Burbank

 

     Computer Science during the second grading period? Hmmm… The things that we took up for the second quarter were a little confusing. Even though it was confusing, I am sure that I enjoyed it. All that conditional and looping statements…..those if, else if, switch and for statements…Whoa!!!

     Some of the first things we discussed for the second grading period were the relational operators, relational expressions, logical operators, complex relational expressions, conditional statements and we learned about the “gotoxy”.

      We had to make a very long program calculating the Income Tax Return here in the Philippines. It was quite long. My hand was in pain after writing the program in my notebook. Sure, it was tiring but typing it and running the program was fun. We were playing around and enjoying it.

     We learned something new after the else if statement (the one calculating the income tax return), the switch statement. Whoa! Ms. Gallardo told us to make a switch statement out of the else if we made! Argh! That switch statement is way easier and shorter than the freaking else if statement!  Anyway, I enjoyed it too.

     Looping statements…we were only able to discuss the for statement… I think, this is where I had fun most.. Even though we were cramming because of our research, I’m glad that I understood the lessons.

     Scoring 38 out of 50. That’s fine with me, I realized and understood my mistakes, so, I’m happy.

     I’m looking forward to this coming third quarter. I actually don’t want to go back to school anymore, but I have to. Hmmm.. I actually don’t know the things were going to take up this quarter.

     Hoping it’ll be great or better. J

Christian Q. Racines
III-Burbank
 
            Again, for the second time, I am creating my journal for my subject Computer Science.    
      This quarter, I had a good time having the topic switch. I think it is easier than the first topics that we had. On the other hand, when we moved onto the topic for, come on! I become confused. I thought that it would be better if it would be always switch as our topic. In the first lessons about for, I really did not fid it hard but as the time went by, it became harder and harder.
      Even though I had problems about the topic, I had enough time to rest whenever my groupmates and I are finished on the hands-on activities.
      To Ms. Gallardo, that’s all, thank you……

2^nd Grading Period: The Next Level

 

CS III sets me to the new world and hopefully, to the next level. CS doesn’t mean childhood sickness, counter-strike, or even crime scene. It is a subject that Ms. Maybelle Gallardo teaching us (oops, I forgot her middle initial).  Who is she? Is she a beauty queen? a cook in a restaurant? a saleslady in a market? or maybe, a hero of a nation? Yes, I can say she’s a hero because she makes Filipino children to rise with the flow of technology. It’s a pleasure for me to meet a hero by this time. I usually see her during Tuesday, Thursday but seldom during Friday.

 

            Second Grading Period has ended so fast and now we’re going third. I have a most memorable moment and this is just between Ms. Gallardo and me. I am a cleaner by that week so I am obligate to remain in he room after class o clean. I am cleaning the blackboard; I mean the whiteboard when Ms. Gallardo suddenly asked me something. She asked me if what grade I want her to give me this Second Grading Period. At first, I was shocked because I won’t expect that Ms. Gallardo would ask a question like that. As usual, I don’t want to get something that’s not for me because I’m not that kind of person especially as a student. So I answered her, “Come what may!” I’m not GC or so what they call grade-conscious. If I got a failing grade, it’s ok for me because I believe that a result demands a cause. By the way, I just like to thank Ms. Gallardo for giving me a good grade last grading period. Thank you also for your high-standard teachings and please keep continuing what you’re doing.

 

            As a CS II student, the most lovable moment for me is the hands-on session. 90% of my love for CS comes from this, meaning I can’t live without hands-on. It makes my day complete. How I wish there’s hands-on anytime.

            So far there’s no lesson that’s difficult for me. Oww! One thing I can’t forget is that the periodic test. I need notes for me to review during periodic so I always carry my notebook with me. On the first day of test, Anthony Arciaga, a best friend of mine borrowed my notebook for him to have a photocopy. He promised to bring it back to me at Pick n’Play (where we usually play dotA after taking the test). Time goes by and Anthony didn’t arrive. I have no choice so I just planned to go to school early so that I can review other’s notebook or my own if Anthony will arrive early. Thank God I made it and I got a high score (just disappointed for Anthony because he got low but he insisted that he has improvement! Not bad…).

            P.S.

Please be considerate if I am late. I forgot to pass on time because there’s so many events either for family or for old friends.

 

That’s all… Thank You and God Bless!!!

 

-- a journal by Patth-Rick L. Ramirez of iii-Burbank

Hmmmm. CS III… I never wanted CS, nor hated it. It was just like any subject. I come to class to sit and learn, participate if I could.—this was my life since grade school. I never enjoyed using the computer (except for games) because of so many things to click or press, why not just write it and design it by yourself???

            We're just in the first part of CS III (out of four)—C Programming—sounded like a difficult and oh so professional term to me. I was so nervous the first time I entered the class because as I've said, I never wanted computers.

            Whether we admit it or not, the teacher affects your participation or cooperation or the way you live his/her subject. Ms. Maybelle Gallardo, has something in her that doesn't make me sleepy in the subject and I think that it was in her class when I first recited in CS (aside from just giving the definitions, this was writing a program).

            I thought I wouldn't survive in the first quarter of CS. I thought that C Programming was the most difficult thing to do and it would make my life miserable. C Programming is not that difficult but you would have a harder time if you didn't understand the basic. A single miss of a semicolon (;), your program won't run.

            My most memorable times in CS are the times we had our hands on and did the things we were just writing in our notebooks to C. Specifically, the marquee thing and the part when we explored and discovered the textbackground, textcolor and blink (which made our work very beautiful :D ).

            I wish to have more activities and hopefully discover something new in C soon.

My first impression of the class was that it would be harder than the lessons for the last two years and what i thought was correct. I really don't think that it is a hard subject but still i'm quite confused on the topics.
For our teacher, Ms.Gallardo, i thought that she was strict and a "kill joy teacher" but now i know that she was a cool teacher.
I hope that I could learn more in this class for the next days to come and i hope that there won't be any problem in the subject and especially with the teacher. 

It is the second day of classes when we have our first class in Computer Science. I hoped that this would not be like our CS last year where we just had hands-on then tests then that’s all. This time, its different. Ms. Gallardo, as I have first seen, looks strict but I’m very wrong. She may be strict but in the right place. I enjoyed most of her lessons especially when we are making hands-on (how could I wish we’re always having hands-on). I love this subject so even I didn’t review for our periodical exam; I got 40, which is high passing (I hope so). This time, I have a lesson that’s very confusing for me. It is about making several “if” statements in different page. I can understand it a little but when Ms. Gallardo explained it again to us, I understand now the whole thing. My most memorable moment in CS was that when we had a hands-on and Ms. Gallardo said we’d only get 7 because we have so many errors. In order to outshine that score of 7, I did find a way. We have discovered blink-effect and color-effect and the funniest I found is that of marquee-effect. As we all know, marquee works only in HTML but I discovered that it could also be done in C Programs but by manual (the scroll under our legendary computer). Because of that discovery, we’re all laughing and I can’t forget that moment.