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I finally finished Time Crisis 4! I never lost a life point up until the third stage. I did well! Either that or the game started to feel very sorry for me for failing so many times…

I completely don’t understand the formal teaching of programming languages. When a university has a {insert programming language} programming course, I really look down upon the school and would even consider not considering the school a university but more of a community college. University is not meant to prepare you for the workplace — there are community colleges for that. Universities are advancing academia and yes, it can lead to employment but the university’s goal shouldn’t be getting their students to a company and starting their careers.

Having said that, the University of Waterloo is unique in that it has a career services department, in particular, the co-op education and career services (CECS). However, the curriculum remains academia-focused. So in essence, my school teaches normal academic material and then sends their students to the workplace during their program career to supplement their academic knowledge with work experience. That way, a UWaterloo graduate (in co-op) will have both academic and workplace experience.

Anyway, enough of my school and let’s get back on-topic: learning programming languages.

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