Candid Student Reports

The following (emails) were written by members of the Scientific Computing, Summer 2000 during the fourth day of the program. Some elements may have been removed for various reasons, but the text that remains is in the student's own words.

Today, we started our projects. Ours used C++ 
to simulate a cannon shot in different 
gravitational environments. It would be better 
if we had more time to do the projects.

-Dayu

today we worked in our groups on the projects 
we are making. my project is the chemical 
properties of artificial sweeteners and natural 
sugars. i am learning alot using Macspartan and 
PowerPoint, and learning about aspartame and 
its effects (which i did not know)

-Katherine

Today we learned a lot about presentation. We 
are doing a model on how population can be effected 
by education. I think breaks are not long
enough.

-Anwar

I liked working on the projects a lot and 
it gave more freedom.

-Justin

i think the reports are the best part of the 
whole camp. It teaches us to learn new things 
by using our own hands and our own brains. It's 
a lot more funto actually look-up the information 
yourself rather than just sitting there and 
listen to somebody talk and not let you do the 
work yourself! Today was very fun and educating!

-Rhyan

Today we finished our project in C++. It works 
just fine. We still have a powerpoint presentation 
to do.

-Ronnie

TODAY WAS PROBABLY THE BEST DAY THIS WHOLE WEEK.
(OTHER THAN THE DAY I WAS NOT HERE). BUT I THINK 
WHEN YOU I HAVE HANDS-ON WORK INSTEAD OF SOMEONE
STANDING IN FRONT OF YOU FOR HOURS JUST TALKING 
THEN THE DAY IS ALOT BETTER. (AND QUICKIER)

-WILLIE