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CSC104 October 26th 2017



I have realized by now that the best way to study for CSC104 material is by doing the weekly labs exercise and to review the lecture material at the end of each week. The lab practices especially are an accurate representation of what the quizzes are going to look like. Thus, they provide a reliable source for practice and preparation before the quizzes. Additionally, I would say that doing past test helped to write the first term test, because thanks to that practice I got used to the format of evaluation. As well as the material that I should give more focus.

Undoubtedly there is some topics that I should study more than others, such as Sierpinski images.  Although I really like the concept behind them and their appearance, especially their self-similarity, it still confusing for me how to build a definition for a Sierpinski image. However, I have been trying to overcome this problem by practicing alone the creation of new definitions with base      on the commands taught in class.

Simultaneously, I worked on my earlier difficulties on the definitions list and apply by playing with different combinations and see if those combinations will generate an error. Then, I will read the error and try to understand what changes should I make to the command in order to solve the problem. Nevertheless, I would like to ask my questions to the TAs because maybe they could give a more concise explanation of why something is not working. But I haven't been able to do so due to conflicts with my timetable and the office hours. 

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