It has been my cherished wish to study computer science as my major in the university.
My interest in computer science began when I was a Secondary Three student. At that time, I was taught to learn to use the program language “Pascal”, which is the first program language that I encountered. After learning some basic statement like “if then else”, “for to do”, “repeat until” etc. I had been assigned to make a game “tic tac toc”. At the beginning I totally did not believe that I could finish making the game just using those techniques. Trying to think and ask teacher to give some hints to me. And finally I success make the game. Although the process was very tough, I like the process of thinking how to write a program.
Also I love mathematics. Studying computer science requires students to have mathematics knowledge. Enrolling “associate degree in Engineering” can build up my mathematics knowledge. In the course I have learnt basic counting methods, permutationmcombination and probability which can help me to study discretemathematics in the future.
In the first semester, I also studied the computer organization course. The difficult part in the course for me is learning cache memory and understanding their mapping techniques. This part requires some calculation to figure out the tag, line and word. Since I cannot immediately understand the concept. I have to search related notes or videos so that I can understand the concept. Most probably I haveto spend one hour such that I can find out a suitable material that can make meunderstand.