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no problem! so before i get to the tips, i want to make it clear that we didn’t do any programming in regular comp sci class, the teacher made a separate subject for those of us who wanted to learn it. i only attended it for one year but here’s what i picked up from it:

learn. the. basics. i can’t stress this enough, but if you don’t know the most used 20-30 commands, it will only be harder for you later on. print out a sheet with basic commands and learn it

handwritten code!! this sounds so dumb, not gonna lie, but it helps so much. you don’t have to write down the whole web page, of course, but writing parts of the code that you had problems with will help you be more exact - some programming tools fix your mistakes while others don’t, so you might as well learn to be correct from the beginning

tumblr honestly helped me so so much. there are tons of ““templates”” here for desktop themes, member pages, navigation etc - make use of them! find a desktop theme you like, upload it to your blog and change colors, font size, add an updates bar and whatever your heart wishes! here are some blogs that can help you with finding codes: @enchantedthemes, @odeysseus, @completeresources

now, i asked my friend valentina aka @jordietveld for tips because she’s studying computer science at university so she has more experience - here’s what she came up with:

if you’re learning actual programming you need to learn how to make good algorithms first! an algorithm is like a cooking recipe, you need ingredients that you know how to mix to bake the perfect cake so!!! learn how to make algorithms before starting writing tons of lines of code that might work (but probably not)

practice practice practice!!! make small programs/pages. everyone starts small because if you don’t master the basics the rest will just be too difficult to understand

don’t get discouraged when things don’t work on the first try even if your algorithm looks flawless!! remember that the computer is way more stupid than it seems, you need to be super precise when you tell it to do something

20/10/18

hello and thank you so much!! 💞 here are some i can think of atm:

this might sound a bit dumb but wear cute outfits the first week you’re there – looks are not important, but since you are new, it might be the best to leave a good impression

try to make friends as soon as you can, while it’s never too late to make friends, it will be easier if you have somebody to hang out, study and share notes with from the beginning

new teachers = new study habits and organisation skills you’ll need

a lot of teachers will give you some basic instructions on how their lectures will be held during the first class - pay attention and make mental notes which you should later write down

i mean it!! write down little school quirks you notice with your teachers! are their oral exams more related to what they say in class than what’s in the textbook? remember to pay extra attention and write everything. do their exams often have questions from ‘for those who want to know more’ section of the text book? read it several times. do they get annoyed when somebody asks questions while they are teaching? save your questions until they are done talking.

do! your! homework!!! please! the teacher wouldn’t give you an assigment to do at home if they didn’t think it would help you with understanding the topic better or if they won’t check and maybe even grade it (which can (a) make your teacher like you a bit more and (b) help with your grade)

pretty obvious but. be nice to people. everybody is just as scared and as stressed as you are, so if you notice somebody forgot to bring their own snack - share yours. if somebody asks to borrow a pen - lend it to them. they might not give it back but sometimes that’s better than being rude

and last but not least - have fun! school years go by quite fast so if somebody asks you to hang out, you should probably go :)

here are some tips from other studyblrs that might help you as well:

starting school? read this. by @studyiish

tips for freshman year by @escholar

what i have learnt throughout my years of being a student by @areistotle

high school tips masterpost by @loveballadd

31/08/2018