A quick note on what Stuyvesant is for those who don't know.<p>Stuyvesant High School is a specialized high school in NYC. It is considered to be the top public high school in the city.<p>Anyways, its computer science program is literally one of the best in the country. Currently, every high school student there learns how to use HTML, Python, and Javascript. Those who want to continue their education are able to take an Advanced Placement Java course and then later on three courses:<p>a Graphics programming class where we learn algorithms for creating 3D objects
a Systems level programming class where we learn C
and a Software Development class where we learn web development and databases and pretty much everything about software.<p>I'm actually a Stuyvesant graduate of 2014 and I can say that if it weren't for Stuyvesant & Zamansky, I would not have been confident enough to teach myself so many things about programming and work towards my dreams. It's a shame that Stuy or the DOE does not give more support for CS.
When I went to college, I knew the required English classes
would be my Achilles heel. Even though English was my native language--I found writing really hard. I had a decent part time job so I bought an Atari 1040si for word processing. I went through four years if college and told no one about my computer. I felt like I was cheating because the other students were spending hours on the typewriter correcting, and rewriting. I had one teacher who said I should buy a
IBM typewriter. After reading my assignments, he figured I
had a cheap typewriter, and a modern IBM is worth the investment. Funny how times have changed? After college, I
lost Internet in computers and gave the Atari to my brother.
He told me it was just too confusing--and threw it away. I
has an extremely ambitious girlfriend at the time, and she
felt computers were a waste of time. She is now some big wig in charge of Technology, and and the Internet. Hello--Ingrid. She was adorable, but we were really different.