Kepp
12-03-2002, 09:56 PM
EDITED: So I read the FAQ.. but I'm having trouble finding exercieses so I'll repost the message.
Here's the deal fellas: I am completely new to C++, it is my first programming language, and I am enjoying it. I'm a Junior in high school and I'm taking Computer Science AP AB. My problem lies in said class. My teacher is new to the school, 75 years old (literally), and refuses to help me with more 'advanced' topics because she doesn't know anything which she hasn't recently reviewed, it's really.. really sad. For example I was having trouble with structures about a month ago and she had no idea what they were (Hmmm.. well I haven't seen that before, well, I mean I wouldn't use such complicated things.. hmmm, sorry but I can't help you you'll have to wait until we get there in the book). It's two weeks until semester, and we're still doing if's and basic control structures. Ughhhh.. Our labs are extremely easy, take me roughly twenty minutes and then leaves me completely bored.. for the rest of the week.
Not only am I learning nothing, but I also fear that I won't be able to pass the AP exam in the Spring due to my teachers incompetence. I picked up Standard C++ Bible and I've read through about half of it. When I come to the teacher asking for help, she refuses because she is 'busy helping students who are behind.' I wouldn't mind if this is true. I'm not trying to be some show off, I don't speakout or act cocky, I'm just trying to learn and when she sits there checking her email I get pissed. I've also asked her for future lab assignments so I can work on them and move on to topics that will take me longer to digest.. but no go.
I have no problem reading the book, writing simple programs (well some not so simple for me :eh: ) and having a good time with it. But what I'd like is a way to test my skills and learn something in the process: exercises (Well I'd really like a good teacher but that isn't going to happen). Are there any nice web resources that have exercises which test certain abilities and get progressively more difficult? I'm looking for stuff that will push me and give me a better sense of the workings of the language. This teacher drives me nuts, the one class I really enjoy and spend time on is the one class I can't get help with which most teachers push you to do.
he;lp
Here's the deal fellas: I am completely new to C++, it is my first programming language, and I am enjoying it. I'm a Junior in high school and I'm taking Computer Science AP AB. My problem lies in said class. My teacher is new to the school, 75 years old (literally), and refuses to help me with more 'advanced' topics because she doesn't know anything which she hasn't recently reviewed, it's really.. really sad. For example I was having trouble with structures about a month ago and she had no idea what they were (Hmmm.. well I haven't seen that before, well, I mean I wouldn't use such complicated things.. hmmm, sorry but I can't help you you'll have to wait until we get there in the book). It's two weeks until semester, and we're still doing if's and basic control structures. Ughhhh.. Our labs are extremely easy, take me roughly twenty minutes and then leaves me completely bored.. for the rest of the week.
Not only am I learning nothing, but I also fear that I won't be able to pass the AP exam in the Spring due to my teachers incompetence. I picked up Standard C++ Bible and I've read through about half of it. When I come to the teacher asking for help, she refuses because she is 'busy helping students who are behind.' I wouldn't mind if this is true. I'm not trying to be some show off, I don't speakout or act cocky, I'm just trying to learn and when she sits there checking her email I get pissed. I've also asked her for future lab assignments so I can work on them and move on to topics that will take me longer to digest.. but no go.
I have no problem reading the book, writing simple programs (well some not so simple for me :eh: ) and having a good time with it. But what I'd like is a way to test my skills and learn something in the process: exercises (Well I'd really like a good teacher but that isn't going to happen). Are there any nice web resources that have exercises which test certain abilities and get progressively more difficult? I'm looking for stuff that will push me and give me a better sense of the workings of the language. This teacher drives me nuts, the one class I really enjoy and spend time on is the one class I can't get help with which most teachers push you to do.
he;lp