Today I devoted most of my afternoon to doing a set of exercises for the databases course I am doing. They were rather complicated, but I got there in the end. I learned a valuable lesson - when its been over a month since you watched the instructional videos, its a good idea to review them if you get utterly stuck doing the assessments. I think its still good to try without reviewing the videos, as then its showing the information has actually stuck in your brain, but don't bother wasting absolutely ages before giving in.
As you may have guessed, I spent ages trying to figure it out. After watching the videos again, and being reminded of techniques I had totally forgotten, it all became much easier. Still a little painful on my brain, but actually doable, which has got to be an improvement. Tomorrow I plan to try the second set of exercises, and hopefully they will be less confusing now I have the hang of getting the queries right in the first place.
I'm not as far ahead with the course as I was before - these exercises are due in this Sunday, whereas before I was over a week ahead. I may have a go at the quizzes due in the week after and see if I can get through those this week too, while I have some quiet time.
I still haven't looked at arrays in C#. I need to get that figured out before my next class on Wednesday, though I am doubtful that the others in the class will have got them down with no help from the tutor at all. Still, I like being ahead, and that's liable to change anyway as we move into programming using the GUI so anything I can do would probably be wise.
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