Python Exercises

[Sniper4Life]

k thanks wtd
i kno its a habit of not using whitespace because well....when you write math...you wouldnt use whitespace

[Aziz]

You're what, in grade 10, I assume? Grade 10 math may not need to be organized (though don't you do quadratics?), but it's really an important part to organize when solving complex problems/equations

[saltpro15]

grade 10 math varies for neatness, some teachers don't care how messy your work is as long as it's correct, whereas the pickier ones take marks off if say equal signs don't line up, work is smudged, etc.

[Sniper4Life]

haha grade 10....no of course not...id be much more competent by then...im only in grade 8

[Aziz]

It's not so much about marks as it is your own benefit.

And grade 8, HOLY CRAP, that's a yougin'. Keep it up, bro... in grade 8 I knew I wanted to be a programmer, but I didn't start until grade 10 in high school. Just keep an open mind and listen to what people here tell you, you'll do good.

[Sniper4Life]

lol trust me...im like a noob compared to some peoples in my school
my friend was scripting since the age of 7...and DANM
he knows a hell lot...has learned like 6 languages
no more i think
unluckily for him he needs to improve in other academic parts
like even though hes really good with computers...he needs to work on things like english and other stuff...

[Tony]

you'd be surprised how important things like English will turn out to be, even in a technical field with computers.

Sniper4Life @ Mon Apr 13, 2009 6:58 pm wrote:

has learned like 6 languages

You might find this interesting -- http://compsci.ca/blog/you-dont-know-that-programming-language/ article + some discussion in the comments

[Sniper4Life]

still...his UNDERSTANDING of the languages and of
computer science could definitely be considered "greatly above average"

[Tony]

I have no doubt about that.

[Sniper4Life]

btw tony since your here can i ask u sumthing?
what grade in waterloo are you in?

[Tony]

my transcript says 2B. And this has gotten way off topic.

[bill9786]

"I don't know of any other schools teaching Python in grade 11, but I wouldn't be shocked to find one."


Have a look at this site - the University of Sydney runs a python challenge for high schools kids in years 9 - 12 - beginners and advanced - over a five week period every year. I teach it as an 'antidote' to Visual Basic Express.
http://challenge.ncss.edu.au.