Sophomore Year
Sophomore year, my high school started a computer science course. It was going to be during 8th period and only 3 times a week. I was heavy into sports at the time, but thought that it sounded pretty cool so I gave it a shot.
I loved it.
It was a small class of about 10 people and the very first day we built a computer. I can still remember how excited I was. The next few classes were great. I was learning more about how a computer worked and we even started learning about network setup. The one class we ran ethernet cables through the ceiling. The best part is we weren’t just reading from a book, we were actually gettings our hands dirty.
Then out of no where they cancelled the class. They didn’t give us any reason. They just killed it and told us we would not be getting credit for the classes we already attended.
I was pissed. Here I was in a catholic school finally learning something and they decide to stop it. It wouldn’t be for another 5 years or so until I got back into computers.They are now a huge part of my life, but I always feel like I’m a little behind. What if I had kept learning more about computers in that 5 year gap? I would certainly know much more than I know today.
