SLOG #4

Despite the snow storm, the midterm for CSC165 did not go terribly, but it wasn't as well as I had expected. Although I felt confident on certain questions, my answers turned out to be incorrect. However, once I looked at the solutions, it made much more sense to me in terms of my misconceptions and where exactly I went wrong. This motivates me to work that much harder so that I am entirely clear on all the ideas that are being taught in this course.

SLOG #3

This week has been more challenging in comparison to the previous weeks of the course. Although I am finally beginning to understand how to translate logical symbols into sentences, I am having a difficult time translating a sentence in English to logical symbols. This is because I always feel like my translation is sufficient and then I discover that there is another part I am missing to make the translation complete, resulting in my answer being wrong. Although I felt confident about my tutorial quiz dealing with proofs, I am certainly nervous about the midterm which will encompass much harder types of proofs. Another thing I am struggling with is implications, in terms of deciding which statement implies which. On the assignment, I spent a lot of time trying to figure this out. I am aware that truth tables makes it somewhat easier to determine the implication but I am still having a tough time with it. My goal for the upcoming week is to keep attempting various types of questions until I am able to produce answers that are correct so that I am able to perform well on the midterm.