Wed, 18 Sept 2019, 21:00 the student information sheets

My students,

I have read through the information sheets that were turned in on Monday,
and will send you email if your comments suggest I should respond.  Some
of you are worried that you do not any background in computers or programming.
I said it before, and I guess I will repeat myself: Many students in this
situation have gotten A in the course because they paid attention, worked hard 
and mastered the material.  I hope I am teaching in such a way that you can
do fine even if you have never seen a computer before.  My bigger concern is
frankly the high school hotshot who knew more than his high school CS 
teacher and so does not bother to pay attention here and ends up not
mastering the material which is usually quite different from the stuff he
got in high school.  Anyhow, my hope is that you all do well.

Some of you did not attach a photo and some of you did not turn in either photo
or information sheet.  I will not demand that you do so.  But with 168 students
in our class, it is usually useful if the TAs and I know who you are and can
recognize you from your photo.  If you are planning to give me a photo and
information sheet, please do so on Monday.

Have a great weekend.  I will see you in class on Monday.


Yale Patt