Week 6

 This week I felt I wasn't really getting the 1200 problems so I was looking on youtube and found that they have a learn courses on the website I use. I really felt I was struggling to digest the problems. It was like the problems were straight forward but I was missing a simple piece of knowledge to implement it into code. Doing the problems were not improving my skills very much I feel like it was just a problem that I was able to do more than me digesting the problem well at the difficultly I am at. 

I started and finished the beginner 0-1 learning course. The one that has an X in it is "wrong" but the code logic is right. I just don't know why there is a compiling error with my scanner because its the exact same scanner as before but it doesn't like it this time, so I'll try again later(update: Its because there was no test input so it was giving me an error all I had to do was submit the code so it would give test cases with inputs). But the codes here are letting you read the problem and allowing you to implement the code or they have the code implemented but you get to look at and see how they solve the problem. Some had how the certain sections are read and what they will typically contain. This way I can learn about each topics and practice using the practice problems as I was before. Unfortunately, some of the courses are not free so I will have limited access but it should help me a lot. (pick at the bottom is the topics) When I do the free part maybe I do outside research of the topics there. 

I'll be looking on YouTube for some competitive programming course that can help me create better habits and better digest problems. Next week I'll find a little course that will help and explain what I learned and how it is useful.(update: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xWmIIB0Gzdo&list=PLyqSpQzTE6M9p9pKxFGpskf4voY45T2DZ&index=2 link is for a competitive programming playlist I'm looking at to see how helpful) 










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  1. EricaOctober 17, 2022 at 5:20 PM

    You'll get there, Ronin. You're making good progress, even if it doesn't feel like it yet. Keep going!

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