Second/Third Week

The second week started to get a little more challenging. More and more is being demanded from you, and already from the get-go it is important to be on top of things. I found the tutorial in week two to be a little difficult, but after receiving clarification from the TA I found it rather easy. As for the quiz, it was a piece of cake.

Starting up on Assignment 1 didn't seem too challenging, but I have yet to finish, and the further along I got with it the harder it became. I am comfortable with symbols and notation, and I find truth tables to help me a lot as well. What I find challenging that we touched on today in class during the beginning of week 4 are the proofs. I had a hard time proving the statement which said that if P=>(Q=>R) then Q=>(P=>R). The negation is a little challenging for me as well but I feel that completing A1 and practising/looking over the annotated slides will defenitely prove beneficial. Also, it's nice that the lecture hall in Sid Smith isn't as hot as a sauna as it was during the first day of class, still don't know what was up with that, was the heater turned up too high, or was I simply wearing too many layers ? :)

The First Week

I didn't know what to expect this week. Okay, that's a lie. I was told by my buddy that this course is really challenging, however this same buddy of mine had also nearly failed 108. Besides the room being as hot as a sauna on Monday, the rest of the week was pretty good. I was familiar learning about existential and universal quantifiers from my 137 Math class, so this was all review to me. The quiz today in tutorial was very straightforward, so straightforward that I thought it was a trick. I'm pretty sure it went well.

I believe the little "pop quizzes" in class are good, because they sort of force you to participate in them, even if you don't feel like it, they still somehow get you to tackle them.

I'm not entirely sure what this problem-solving episode is that we have to make up, but I guess I'll save it for later. Overall, I feel confident that the material in this course will be suitable to me, as I have always had a knack for problem solving and logic. Productive week and a half so far. Let's keep it going. :)