tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18677687.post8155978227072524470..comments2024-03-27T15:13:24.764-04:00Comments on Computer Science Teacher: What I Learned in CollegeAlfred Thompsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05575057876858763822noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18677687.post-11261465241106860142017-01-24T09:51:20.591-05:002017-01-24T09:51:20.591-05:00Get a closer look at computer science careers to d...Get a closer look at <a href="https://college-homework-help.org/blog/computer-science-career" rel="nofollow">computer science careers</a> to decide which profession do you want to get.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02036141162168507103noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18677687.post-36018699977192440342017-01-18T14:16:58.605-05:002017-01-18T14:16:58.605-05:00I first learned Java while trying to stay one less...I first learned Java while trying to stay one lesson ahead of my students. I worry that was a bad experience for the students. I don't really know Java idiomatically.Alfred C Thompson IIhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06011086242006020298noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18677687.post-14775195245836531082017-01-18T14:01:18.568-05:002017-01-18T14:01:18.568-05:00My first programming course was FORTRAN in 1970-71...My first programming course was FORTRAN in 1970-71. Punch cards. It was fun. After a 6 year break in education with a job then the USMC I figured I would dive back into programming in 78. This time I got a very bad taste. Java with a really poor instructor. We started with maybe 100 in the course. About 25 of us finished the semester. Bad. I bailed out of the CS program into education. Then I hit a math methods course where the prof was big into Apple IIes, Logo and Piaget. Cool. So my college experience was very mixed. <br /><br />The quality of the instructor makes such a big difference on direction in college. One bad one early and it can quickly lead to a change in major. I still hate Java.Garthnoreply@blogger.com