Insane.
I just came home from the first day of a workshop that's required for my major. The workshop is everyday this week from 9:00 - 5:30, and it's supposed to be an introduction to C++ programming.
Apparently, there were too many courses that QF majors had to take, so they decided to pass some of them off as week-long "workshops". I say "workshops" because they cram practically an entire semester's worth of material into one week.
And yes, it's crazy. I just finished a fifth of a semester for one class (about 3 weeks) today.
edit 1:20 AM: Kev and I just "finished" the project for today. We've been working on it since about 7 this evening. I say "finished" because it's not really done; we just gave up on it.
And the project didn't even involve any coding from scratch. We were given a finished program and asked to improve the code.
Ugh. This is impossible. There will be one project for every day this week too. They'll probably only get harder.
Apparently, there were too many courses that QF majors had to take, so they decided to pass some of them off as week-long "workshops". I say "workshops" because they cram practically an entire semester's worth of material into one week.
And yes, it's crazy. I just finished a fifth of a semester for one class (about 3 weeks) today.
edit 1:20 AM: Kev and I just "finished" the project for today. We've been working on it since about 7 this evening. I say "finished" because it's not really done; we just gave up on it.
And the project didn't even involve any coding from scratch. We were given a finished program and asked to improve the code.
Ugh. This is impossible. There will be one project for every day this week too. They'll probably only get harder.