Yay! Good luck with the finals stuff! *wag* Bet you'll do fine anyway. ;3

I hope that I'm freaking out over nothing. I worry that I'm not. It's all very zen. ;D

I keep telling myself that no matter what happens, it'll all be over within 2 weeks. I just need to hang in there, do the best I can. :D

Best wishes for your finals! :)

Thank you! :>

Welcome :)

Good luck with finals and those projects! I hate finals. ;.;

I hate cumulative finals in things like... humanities. Srsly. Already tested me on subject matter, let's move on now.

Unfortunately, my VB programming final is cumulative. As is my math final. FORTUNATELY, English and Bio are not. Thank God for small favors. :>

So, your programming professor is too high a level for you or the other way round?
And what level is the programming course?

It's introduction to programming in Visual Basic. So in theory, we all started out with zero programming knowledge, and were supposed to learn how to write programs.

Our midterm (before the prof backpedaled and changed it) had us writing 40-50 lines of code from our heads for 6 different programming applications. I don't think any of us got those right, and I know I wrote some rather pointed comments on my exam. He called me while I was driving home (I cried. A lot.) because he was afraid I was on my way to drop the class.

I'm a good student. I read the chapters, I do all my assignments, I don't miss classes. I've got a 4.0, and I've earned it. This class, more often than not, brought me to tears because of the stupidhard levels of the assignments. I think this is the first class this particular prof has ever taught, and unfortunately he's a prime example of why an excellent programmer does not a teacher make. He's got tons of experience, he's just... a geek, and can't dumb things down appropriately for the class.

The upshot of it is, I'll complete this class (I highly doubt I'll fail it, as I've done all the homework and gotten high marks on THAT, just bombed the exams miserably) and have a teeny bit more knowledge than when I went in, but... I can't say I know how to program in VB. And that makes me really really angry. I'm paying for an education, and he's wasting my money. >.<

....and apologies for writing a book. :D This class just frustrates the hell out of me. :D

Heh, not a problem, I'm a geek too, so I understand where he comes from.
Though I've also been told I could be a teach if I wanted, and have even helped my fellow students out on occasions.
(I'd like to, though we'll just have to see what happens)

If you have questions about programming in general, I'd be glad to answer them, but not on VB specifically as I have little knowledge of it.

Some geeks have the knack of communicating with... if not normal people, people that aren't quite on the same wavelength or level of geekdom. These people make excellent teachers.

Some.... just don't. >.<


I think I've more or less got the program done, I am checking some logic issues (the mathematics portion of the program isn't giving me the numbers it should), but that part, I'm pretty confident with.

Yeah, some geeks need a liaison between them and other people to help translate and keep the geek in-line...

Still, if you have any questions, just send me a PM here and I'll try to answer them.

Thank you so much! I might take you up on that when I hit C++.

Next semester is websites, and that is a familiar and beloved pond. ;D

No problem!
I always like helping people out when they're learning how programming works.
(I'm comfortable with several programming languages, so I can try answering almost any questions you have)

If you want to, you can put the commish of Butterscotch on hold until you have more time, I'm super-ultra-uber patient and I know what it's like to have that time crunch on. :)

Best of luck!!

Aww, thank you. :) I should have a better idea of how things stand after finals are done. And I sooo cannot wait for them to be over!