A Recurring Theme (Spring Break Post + more)

The bombs dropped this week. Recursion, as its called, has been pestering me over and over again. Last year, in my computer programming class, we worked with python and its applications with a virtual world called 'Jeroo.' In order to move the little kangaroo around the island, I often times had to loop his actions through recursion. Now, Jeroo is but a distant memory, and the face of Java is scarier than ever. Finding a way to loop through a method using recursion isn't a problem, but keeping track of variables during the whole process is quite tricky. And in order to fix even the most minor bug, I have to break my arm just to get what I want. With time, I think this new concept will work itself out, but for now I'm still trying to get over the hump.

To my teacher: I couldn't finish this post over Spring Break because I didn't have computer or internet access, so I'll write about the Finches and sorting, too. 

The Finches, like with last year, were a handful. Not only did they not listen to our commands, it wouldn't do ANYTHING. It was supposed to my faithful servant, but it was too stupid to process anything. To the creators of the 'Finch' : I'm sorry if my previous statements have offended you, but I can't hide the truth. On a more positive note, I think I better understand the different types of sorting now. It just took a trial-and-error process, along with a few awful quiz grades. Whenever I have the chance, I'll definitely look up more about the bubble search, because it still mystifies me in a few ways. 

- zk : out