Most rules and instructions are in place for a reason, to protect people. Do you think it's ok to yell "Fire!" in a crowded movie theater because of free speech?
Why do you need to be fashionable when riding on public transportation? You're probably not going to see any of the people ever again, so wearing something like this is clearly a desparate grab for attention, and it looks like she got what she wanted.
Guns were probably not necessary, unless she was being unrulely, which it doesn't seem like she was?
It's naive to think they wouldn't do anything about electronics strapped to someone's chest, even if it does look "artsy"
Clinton has said she'll triple the number of NSF fellowships and increase the size of each award by a third. She also plans to provide incentives for women and minorities to enter math-, science-, and engineering-related fields by making diversity a requirement for federal education and research grants. So basically, being racist and sexist is the way to move our technology forward? Extra money and grants only awarded to people of certain races and sexes by the goverment is nothing more than blatant racism and sexism. How can anybody support this? The money should go to those that need it or deserve it the most, not the person who happened to be born a certain race/sex. This is ludicrous.
If your only options are a masters in CS or some game design degree, definitely go for the Computer Science. But honestly, you would probably be better off just getting a job. You could also look into an engineering degree, like oh... Software Engineering? You will learn a lot more hands on actual programming that will help you in an interview than a bunch of theory that you are going to learn in a masters CS program. You will probably be asked to write code in an interview, and if all you know is the theory, they aren't going to be impressed with talking and pretty diagrams, they want to see that C or C++ written down on a piece of paper correctly, and they will probably ask you to explain exactly whats going on.
From having talked to some CS undergraduates, it's pretty pathetic. My recommendation is to either get a job, or go for an engineering degree.
It's a sad day when children can't play tag. What are these kids going to be like if they grow up without ever playing contact sports. Scraping their knees or getting bruises are good ways for children to learn about the world they live in, and the consequences of their actions. It would be interesting to see how they enforce this, considering they are banning 'unsupervised' contact sports. If they are unsupervised, how are they going to stop it?
Yeah, it's really too bad how the degree is usually set up. I'm not sure what kind of projects they have you do in Computer Science, but you would assume they would have at least something to prepare you for the real world.
For instance, something similar to SE, where we have a Junior Project (Teams of 3-4) and a Senior Project (solo). Junior Projects usually have a client which you work with to create customer requirements, software and design specs. As a group you create use cases, class diagrams, e-r diagrams, etc. Also having weekly status reports, and multiple presentations in front of the class and faculty. And you take the project through 3 terms to completion. Senior Project is a self-directed 3 term sequence in which you have a formal proposal, assloads of use cases, and any other forms of design documents you can imagine.
I have no idea what kind of projects most CS majors have, but I feel that the projects we do will at least somewhat prepare us for creating an app in the real world:(
Anyways, I really hope they do something about all the CS programs out there, though it's doubtful...
Simply put: If you want to learn how to program, try a Software Engineering major, rather than Computer Science.
I have spoken with many students in Computer Science and I cannot hold an intelligent conversation with them. 10 seconds into a conversation about programming, and they are completely lost. By the end of Sophomore year, I probably had more programming experience than a CS graduate.
Anyways, Computer Science is what it is... but I think a lot of people go into it wanting to program, only to find out that it's a bunch of theory instead of hands on coding. Software Engineering gets you down and dirty with the code. For instance, we aren't alowed to use STL in our programs until we write them all from scratch on our own. We can't use c# or managed C++ or mfc until we write apps using oldschool Windows API.
I dunno, the stuff you said just reinforces my opinion of Computer Science.
I've had a similar experience. Currently in my 4th year of Software Engineering (Probably my last).
During my Freshman and Sophomore years I felt some of the teachers were crappy or a bit harsh, but I figured there would be a reason for it. I went through the "Weed-Out" classes, got B's, but whatever. I did the work, while many did not. I watched as over half the people I knew in the program dropped out during Freshman/Sophomore year.
I don't believe that there was anything overly wrong with the teaching methods. The simple fact is that those students were not cut-out for the degree in the first place. The teachers were simply saving them time and money. It was also quite obvious during the courses that the teachers had little to no patience for people lookin for an easy ride.
Anyways, getting A's and B's isn't difficult if you show up to class and do the work. It's apparent that the author of this article simply did not have the will to succeed.
Well, time to get back to writing dreadful use cases for senior project >.>
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Most rules and instructions are in place for a reason, to protect people. Do you think it's ok to yell "Fire!" in a crowded movie theater because of free speech?
Why do you need to be fashionable when riding on public transportation? You're probably not going to see any of the people ever again, so wearing something like this is clearly a desparate grab for attention, and it looks like she got what she wanted. Guns were probably not necessary, unless she was being unrulely, which it doesn't seem like she was? It's naive to think they wouldn't do anything about electronics strapped to someone's chest, even if it does look "artsy"
If your only options are a masters in CS or some game design degree, definitely go for the Computer Science. But honestly, you would probably be better off just getting a job. You could also look into an engineering degree, like oh... Software Engineering? You will learn a lot more hands on actual programming that will help you in an interview than a bunch of theory that you are going to learn in a masters CS program. You will probably be asked to write code in an interview, and if all you know is the theory, they aren't going to be impressed with talking and pretty diagrams, they want to see that C or C++ written down on a piece of paper correctly, and they will probably ask you to explain exactly whats going on.
From having talked to some CS undergraduates, it's pretty pathetic. My recommendation is to either get a job, or go for an engineering degree.
It's a sad day when children can't play tag. What are these kids going to be like if they grow up without ever playing contact sports. Scraping their knees or getting bruises are good ways for children to learn about the world they live in, and the consequences of their actions. It would be interesting to see how they enforce this, considering they are banning 'unsupervised' contact sports. If they are unsupervised, how are they going to stop it?
Right.
Hmm, sounds like we might have some reaver mice on our hands in a few years.
Yeah, it's really too bad how the degree is usually set up. I'm not sure what kind of projects they have you do in Computer Science, but you would assume they would have at least something to prepare you for the real world.
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Anyways, I really hope they do something about all the CS programs out there, though it's doubtful...
For instance, something similar to SE, where we have a Junior Project (Teams of 3-4) and a Senior Project (solo). Junior Projects usually have a client which you work with to create customer requirements, software and design specs. As a group you create use cases, class diagrams, e-r diagrams, etc. Also having weekly status reports, and multiple presentations in front of the class and faculty. And you take the project through 3 terms to completion. Senior Project is a self-directed 3 term sequence in which you have a formal proposal, assloads of use cases, and any other forms of design documents you can imagine. I have no idea what kind of projects most CS majors have, but I feel that the projects we do will at least somewhat prepare us for creating an app in the real world
Simply put: If you want to learn how to program, try a Software Engineering major, rather than Computer Science. I have spoken with many students in Computer Science and I cannot hold an intelligent conversation with them. 10 seconds into a conversation about programming, and they are completely lost. By the end of Sophomore year, I probably had more programming experience than a CS graduate. Anyways, Computer Science is what it is... but I think a lot of people go into it wanting to program, only to find out that it's a bunch of theory instead of hands on coding. Software Engineering gets you down and dirty with the code. For instance, we aren't alowed to use STL in our programs until we write them all from scratch on our own. We can't use c# or managed C++ or mfc until we write apps using oldschool Windows API. I dunno, the stuff you said just reinforces my opinion of Computer Science.
I've had a similar experience. Currently in my 4th year of Software Engineering (Probably my last). During my Freshman and Sophomore years I felt some of the teachers were crappy or a bit harsh, but I figured there would be a reason for it. I went through the "Weed-Out" classes, got B's, but whatever. I did the work, while many did not. I watched as over half the people I knew in the program dropped out during Freshman/Sophomore year. I don't believe that there was anything overly wrong with the teaching methods. The simple fact is that those students were not cut-out for the degree in the first place. The teachers were simply saving them time and money. It was also quite obvious during the courses that the teachers had little to no patience for people lookin for an easy ride. Anyways, getting A's and B's isn't difficult if you show up to class and do the work. It's apparent that the author of this article simply did not have the will to succeed. Well, time to get back to writing dreadful use cases for senior project >.>