Statistics. When one thinks of the word, numbers and a lot of technical jargon can come to mind. And when one takes a class on said subject, you'd have to expect a lot of those two to come up during discussions. For this term of the school year, I was not wrong. Statistics is a very grueling and mind-numbing sort of thing. One time, as I was reviewing using my professor's powerpoint presentations at home, my mom happened to pass by and saw what I was doing. She said, and I'm going to paraphrase her words, "Those formulas look scary." And right she was. Thankfully, our professor was generous enough to provide sheets with the formulas we needed to use during exams. Of course, these formulas mean nothing if you don't know jack about what all the symbols mean, and when to you use it.
Anyways, I'd like to talk about my time taking a Statistics class. First of, I'd like to point out I messed up in making my schedule this term. My Statistics class happened every Tuesday and Thursday, at around 12:45 mid noon. Now, I messed up in that this is usually the time when most students take their lunch or just chill in between classes. I don't know why I thought it would be a good idea to take a class in such a time frame. At the time, I was just aiming ot have a schedule wherein I'll get to go home early. Sooo I basically just crammed my classes to go in a row instead of having breaks between them. Sounds good in theory, right? Well, in practice, not really. How does this affect Statistics? Well, on Tuesdays, I have Swimming early in the morning (smart idea, right?), and this hampers my ability to work for the rest of the day, since not only will I be tired from swimming, but also from the fact I had to get up early in the morning. And on Thursdays, I only have two classes, Statistics and another one right before that one, so I have little time to eat something in between them, so I end up getting hungry right when Statistics roll in.
Sooo, taking all these things into mind, I was not really able to fully... let's say, enjoy, my time while in Statistics. But, regardless, I still liked the class. My professor was very good at teaching, and if I wasn't so tired, I would have even actually been very interested in his lectures. Heck, amidst the sleep-deprived state I was in 80% of the time, I was still able to understand a lot of things he was teaching.
If it wasn't obvious, I sort of crammed all of these things I'm writing down. I procrastinated in writing this journal, which I deeply apologize to whoever that is reading. But anyways, I hope you enjoyed it nonetheless. I hope to take all of the things I learned in Statistics to heart, and mind, so I can use all of them for later things in life. Like thesis. Ugh...
