Hello there,
Today i performed two exams for Operations Research and Compilers course. Actually i did quite bad to be honest and that is because of a very bad way of giving the course by designated staff. Imagine studying compilers construction theory with no practical implementation at all! What’s the purpose of giving such course?
Anyway, we kinda got used to it as we have also been given programming languages courses like Java, C#, Prolog, C++ and principles like Data Structures and OOP with no practical hands on experience.
I think this is the problem with universities of such kind, or is it maybe the staff’s fault? or is it really the student fault? we will never know. But as far as i am concerned it’s everyones problem.
I do read IT related books from time to time. I used to have passion to subjects like compilers and operating systems before i get to studying computer science Bsc but to be honest those subjects are now a group of my worst subjects in IT field. I mean i do like programming, i do like exploring operating systems and compiler construction but it is just reading about a certain something when you feel it isnt the time for it makes you hate the subject it’s self. That’s exactly what is happening to me right now…
Quite a good number of people got into studying Computer Science related Bcs degree because they do like IT and because they want to expand their knowledge to more advanced levels but what happens is you tend to lose benefit of subject you take because you feel forced into studying the material and the whole subject just because you want to pass the course, and once you do… you will forget everything related to that particular subject.
So, as a message to all Computer Science related degrees students. DO NOT wait for you instructor to provide you with details you really need to know about anything. Do not think you will ever get any better studying the subject while taking a course because that will diverge you from your main objective which is the get more knowledge into smaller and simpler and a pathetic objective which is to pass the course.
Self reading and research is the way to go, Computer Science is more of practice than a just a group of theories. That’s the way to go for all of us …
I will be glad to hear what you think about such matter.
Rakan
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Yes your right Rakan, we have a problem with universities and maybe its everyone’s problem, because most of students hate the way that the course taught on the other hand they don’t try to find alternative methods of learning even its easy nowadays.
so, if its difficult to change the way they taught, its easy to change the way we receive this knowledge and there’s a lot of rich resources that can improve our knowledge.
Regards
Suhaib Al-Helo