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M255 results are due next Wednesday (1st July) – this is my first Level 2 course, and the first that will count towards my honours classification, so I’m understandably nervous about the result. Already. Strange how the mind will fixate on little things like that, even though you know you can’t get the result any quicker or change it when it comes.

M255 was fun, with the early programming exercises involving all sorts of froggery being pitched just right to ease you into the subject matter without threatening you right off the bat with untold lines of code. They came before the end of the course, of course, but it’s a very well-presented course that’s paced almost perfectly, and the sense of self-satisfaction and achievement you get from getting a block of code to finally work as intended (sometimes after hours of puzzlement and hair-pulling) is hard to beat. You do need a certain way of thinking to do well at programming, I think, and if you don’t have it you’ll struggle – but as an introduction to object-oriented programming and a way of seeing if you have a) the interest, and b) the aptitude, it’s hard to beat.

I have possibly unrealistic hopes of gaining a First for my degree, so a Distinction here would be a good, positive start, and I was fortunate enough that my Continuous Assessment scores for M255 where in the range where that’s a possible result (my employer’s also jumping up and down for good results – they’re funding my degree units) – but I think I’d be happy with a Merit. Just over a week to go to find out…

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